COLOMBO: Sri Lanka votes Thursday (Nov 14) in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover from a crushing defeat at presidential polls.
Polling officials and police officers carry election materials after collecting them from a distribution centre, a day before the Parliamentary Election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov 13, 2024. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka votes Thursday in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover from a crushing defeat at presidential polls.
Dissanayake's JVP, or the People's Liberation Front, is the main constituent of the National People's Power coalition of professionals seeking to form the next government.Dissanayake had been an MP for nearly 25 years and was briefly an agriculture minister, but he distanced himself from traditional politicians accused of leading the country to its worst economic crisis two years ago.
"Continuing reforms ... could encourage both investor confidence and fiscal discipline, setting a foundation for sustainable growth," CCC Secretary Bhuwanekabahu Perera told AFP ahead of voting.
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