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A Sri Lankan polling officer carries a ballot box as he leaves for his designated polling booth in Colombo on September 20, 2024, on the eve of the country’s presidential election. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more than…
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Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates. The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates in the country’s first election after the people’s uprising of 2022, which led to…
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe gestures as he arrives at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit his nomination papers for the upcoming Presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the front runner in the Presidential poll scheduled for next month,…
The Rajapaksas’ political party met on Monday to discuss strategy ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential polls. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP or People’s Front) — led by the once-powerful Rajapaksa clan which was deposed from power in 2022 — has said it will not back President Ranil Wickremesinghe in…
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