Sri Lankan lawmakers elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s new leader Wednesday. Members of the ruling party hope his government experience will help the country out of the economic and political crisis. But there is also a risk that it will lead to more unrest in the South Asian country.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, prior to taking office on July 20, declared a state of emergency across the South Asian state Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt…
Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected the unpopular prime minister as their new president, a choice that risked reigniting turmoil in the South Asian nation reeling from economic collapse and months of round-the-clock protests.
Sri Lankan lawmakers have elected the country s unpopular prime minister as their new president. Wednesday s choice risks reigniting turmoil in the South Asian nation reeling from economic collapse. The crisis