COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka’s presidential election. “This victory belongs to all of us,” Dissanayake said in an X post.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka’s presidential election.Official results were yet to be announced, but according to tallies released by the Election Commission, Dissanayake secured 42% of the votes counted, followed by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa with 32%.
The election held Saturday is crucial as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. Contested by 38 candidates, it was largely a three-way race between Dissanayake, Wickremesinghe and Premadasa.The Sri Lankan election system allows voters to select three candidates on their ballots in the order of their preference.
“I wish Mr. Dissanayake and his team every success in their efforts to lead Sri Lanka forward,” Sabry added.The election was a virtual referendum on Wickremesinghe’s leadership of a fragile recovery, including restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt under an International Monetary Fund bailout program after it defaulted in 2022.
At the time of its default, Sri Lanka’s local and foreign debt totaled $83 billion. The government says it has now restructured more than $17 billion.
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