Sri Lanka to vote in first election since economic collapse that ousted president
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COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka votes for its next president on Saturday (Sep 21) in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. It is the country's first election since the downturn sparked mass protests in 2022 that ousted then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. His successor Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that
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