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Sri Lanka president is unlikely to win another term

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: SRI LANKA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Sri Lanka AP China IMF-World Bank India

Topical: economy international relations politics social election ethnic finance foreign policy government guerrillas opposition party policy religion assassination civil war constitution debt gender media privatisation protest public sector sport
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2024), "Sri Lanka president is unlikely to win another term", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB289597

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Significance

Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks another term, this time as an independent rather than a representative of his United National Party (UNP). A recent survey on voting intentions suggests that he trails his main challengers: Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) chief Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Impacts

Whoever wins will struggle to fulfil at least some of his campaign promises.
The next parliamentary elections will also be hard-fought.
Keeping the IMF bailout on track will be key to sustaining economic recovery.

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