Sri Lanka new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks with the military and police chiefs after being sworn in at the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on September 23, 2024. SOURCE: REUTERS

Sri Lanka presidential election: From citizens’ protests to regime change

The new president is an ordinary citizen in social terms with no pretensions to public display of power, taste, wealth or grandeur.

September 27, 2024
September 27, 2024
Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks with the military and police chiefs after being sworn in at the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on September 23, 2024. SOURCE: REUTERS

Sri Lanka presidential election: From citizens’ protests to regime change

The new president is an ordinary citizen in social terms with no pretensions to public display of power, taste, wealth or grandeur.