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Video | Sri Lanka’s First Leftist President Sworn In After Landslide Election Win

Sri Lanka’s first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation’s unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win. Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People’s Liberation Front (JVP) took his oath at the colonial-era Presidential Secretariat in Colombo after…

Video | Marxist Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka Wins Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections

DainikNews Live Admin1 year ago01 mins

Sri Lanka’s election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country’s president-elect on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation’s response to an unprecedented financial crisis. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People’s Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of the vote in Saturday’s election, the…