Sri Lanka has a new president elect anura kumara disanayaka has claimed Victory after winning just over 42% in Saturday's election the incumbent Rell Wick remma singer has congratulated akd on the victory the Marxist lawmaker has spent most of his career on the fringes but two years after Sri Lanka's unprecedented financial crisis his promises of tax cuts and tackling corruption has resonated with voter he's set to be become Sri Lanka's next president anura Kamara Dana is a leftist politician who spent most of his political career on the margins known as akd by his supporters he's promised
to cut taxes and bring in policies to help poorer people Those Who Bore the brunt of Sri Lanka's economic meltdown and are still struggling as the economy recovers for a long time people who faced great difficulties fought in various ways for justice and fairness but for the past decades we couldn't win a final Victory we think we can win this election danan heads the national people's power Coalition it's a political force pulling together Civil Society associations students and religious groups and disa's own Marxist leaning Party The People's Liberation Front it's an outfit that held just
three seats in Parliament before this vote he also campaigned against corruption in a country that has been governed by political dynasties in 2022 an economic crisis led to a mass protest movement that ousted the previous elected president at that time Danika tapped into the anger at Elite corruption what we have to do is go beyond the protests and form a government that will develop the country's economy and maintain the supremacy of law a government without corruption and fraud one that will confiscate property brought to a bribery and Corruption and punish those who do it the
election results show Sri Lankans want change and are giving anura kumara Dana a mandate to steer the country's recovery in a different direction
