FILE PHOTO: Sudath Kumara, 50, puts on a shirt inside the room of his house in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage/File Photo
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who wants a fresh mandate in the legislature to drive economic reforms in the debt-ridden island nation.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected president of the South Asian country in September but his National People's Power (NPP) coalition had just three of 225 seats in parliament, prompting him to dissolve the legislature and seek a fresh mandate there for his policies.
