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Sri Lankan president will be confident about polls

Friday, November 1, 2024

Significance

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced them on September 24, a day after assuming office following his victory in the September 21 presidential election. Dissanayake leads the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party. The JVP-led National People’s Power (NPP) alliance, which comprises 21 parties and organisations altogether, had just three out of 225 seats in the dissolved legislature.

Impacts

  • The government will provoke disgruntlement among higher earners as it tries to shift the tax burden towards them.
  • Intensifying efforts to tackle corruption will help sustain the NPP’s popularity and weaken certain opposition parties.
  • Despite the JVP’s historical anti-India, pro-China stance, Colombo will keep trying to maintain strong ties with both Delhi and Beijing.

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