COLOMBO: Thirty-nine candidates for Sri Lanka's presidential election submitted nominations on Thursday (Aug 15) as the Indian Ocean island nation prepares for a Sep 21 vote key to charting its path out of a gruelling financial crisis.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena arrive at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Aug 15, 2024. COLOMBO: Thirty-nine candidates for Sri Lanka 's presidential election submitted nominations on Thursday as the Indian Ocean island nation prepares for a Sep 21 vote key to charting its path out of a gruelling financial crisis .
Two Buddhist monks were among the 40 candidates, one of the highest such figures on record, who had registered with the election panel to contest the vote, in which about 17 million Sri Lankans are eligible to cast ballots. But only 39 arrived on Thursday at the Election Commission to submit nomination papers and seek its approval to launch their campaigns.Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe fails to get backing of largest party for re-electionA surprise entrant to the fray is Namal Rajapaksa, 38, one of 225 lawmakers and the eldest son of two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party, which has a parliamentary majority.
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