Sri Lanka sees new president sworn into office
19 May 2024
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will pull the country out of its economic suffering, BBC reports.
The 73-year-old took his oath at the tightly-guarded parliament complex on Thursday.
Wickremesinghe – the former prime minister – is seen as deeply unpopular with the public, but some protesters have said they will give him a chance, the report said.
Sri Lanka is currently in the grip of mass unrest over an economic crisis.
Many blame the Rajapaksa administration for mishandling the crisis and see Wickremesinghe as part...
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