New leaders, new questions for the future in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (MNN) — Sri Lanka has elected a new president from a Marxist-leaning political party called People's Liberation Front (PLF).  It was the first presidential election in the nation since unrest in 2022 forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and resign. After his inauguration September 23, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament. He has called for a general election to be held in November of this year instead of in late 2025. “Over the last t