SRI LANKAN PEOPLE CREATE HISTORY- ELECT A MARXIST AS THEIR NEW PRESIDENT - KG JEYARAJ AIBDPA GS.
. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a communist has been elected as the 10th President of Sri Lanka in the election held on 22-09-2024. The island nation, in 2022 had witnessed large scale popular unrest against the serious economic crisis due to the deep rooted corruption and authoritarian misrule of Rajapakse brothers. Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his party, JVP( Janatha Vimukthi Perumana) was in the forefront of the uprising which resulted in the collapse of the Rajapakse regime.
It is a pleasant surprise that ,JVP which got only 3% vote and just one MP in the election held in 2019 ushered to power by securing 5.74 million votes(42% ) defeating opposition leader Sajith Premadasa who got 4.53 million votes. The incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe was relegated to a distant 3rd with 2.3 million votes.
. It is not that much easy to bring back Sri Lanka to an healthy economy and the new President is committed to the common people and workers of Sri Lanka. Dissanayake has exuded confidence that with the support of all he will be able to fulfil the dream of Sri Lankan people. In a message to the people after the election results, Dissanayake said; ” The dream can only be realized with a fresh start. The unity of Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and all Sri Lankans is the bedrock of this new beginning. The New Renaissance we seek will rise from this shared strength and vision. Let us join hands and shape this future together.”
So after Nepal in 1994, Sri Lanka also has turned red. It is a great and encouraging development for all the left and progressive forces all over the world.
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