Sri Lankan leftist President-elect, Dissanayake, has won the presidential election with a landslide victory, promising to 'rewrite' history in the cash-strapped nation. The win comes amidst widespread discontent over an unprecedented financial crisis and austerity measures imposed by outgoing President Wickremesinghe.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka ’s leftist President-elect on Sept 22 invited his compatriots to help him “rewrite” history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured by discontent over an unprecedented financial crisis.was declared winner of the polls at the weekend with nearly 1.3 million more votes than his nearest rival.
Outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe – who took office at the peak of the 2022 economic collapse and imposed tough austerity policies per the terms of an International Monetary Fund bailout – was a distant third in the contest with 17 per cent of the vote. Mr Dissanayake will be sworn in on Sept 23 at the colonial-era President Secretariat in Colombo, said election commission officials.Economic issues dominated the eight-week campaign, with widespread public anger over the belt-tightening measures imposed by Mr Wickremesinghe since the peak of the island nation’s bruising financial crisis.
But Sri Lanka’s crisis has proven to be an opportunity for Mr Dissanayake, whose popularity rocketed on his pledge to change the island’s “corrupt” political culture.
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