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Sri Lanka Swears in Marxist-Leaning President

Sri Lanka Swears in Marxist-Leaning President

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The Facts

  • 1Anura Kumara Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD, of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), or People's Liberation Front, took his oath as Sri Lanka's new president on Monday.

  • Fact-1This comes a day after the country's election commission announced that the leader of the National People's Power (NPP) alliance had won Saturday's elections — the first since mass protests broke out in 2022 amid economic turmoil.


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