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Dissanayake has promised to reopen over 400 cases of corruption and fraud, including restarting investigation into the 2015 Central Bank of Sri Lanka bond scandal and the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. [50] Former senior police officer Shani Abeysekara was appointed to head the newly created Police Assets Recovery Unit. [51]
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
The president appoints the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who can command the confidence of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. [ 2 ] Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the 10th and current president, having assumed office on 23 September 2024, after being declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election .
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is ...
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the Indian Ocean island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new ...
The election signified a major political realignment in Sri Lanka. [10] Dissanayake's victory was the first time a third-party candidate was elected president. This was also the first election where neither of the top two candidates were endorsed by the United National Party or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
(Reuters) -Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament to clear the way for a snap general election in the debt-ridden country, he said in a government ...