Sri Lanka picks Marxist-leaning Dissanayake
Mena FN · 33m
PM Modi Congratulates Sri Lanka's Dissanayake For Winning Presidential Elections
According to Sri Lanka's Election Commission, Dissanayake won the presidency with 42.31 per cent of the vote with Premadasa finishing second and incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was eliminated after the first round, in third position.
devdiscourse · 3h
Dissanayake's Triumph: From Farmer's Son to Sri Lanka's President
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the JVP, won Sri Lanka's presidential election with a strong stance against corruption and poverty. Despite his party having limited parliamentary seats, Dissanayake garnered widespread support.
Yahoo · 5h
Sri Lanka's new president: Political outsider makes remarkable turnaround
The 55-year-old Dissanayake heads the National People’s Power (NPP) alliance, which includes his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), or People's Liberation Front - a party that has traditionally backed strong state intervention and lower taxes, and campaigned for leftist economic policies.
Reuters · 14h
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads presidential race
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president of the debt-ridden country seeking to elect a leader to bolster its fragile economic recovery.
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