COLOMBO — Sri Lankans voted in snap parliamentary elections on Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan s voted in snap parliamentary elections on Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.The 55-year-old hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after the South Asian country's economic meltdown two years ago, when then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted.
Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake flashes the peace sign as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the country’s parliamentary election in the capital Colombo on Nov. 14, 2024. AFP PHOTO'I expect a new country, a new government that is friendly toward the people,' said 70-year-old pensioner Milton Gankandage, who was among the first to vote in Colombo's Wellawatte district.'Previous rulers deceived us.
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