Ranil Wickremesinghe is the new president of Sri Lanka Dinamalar

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Colombo: Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in yesterday as the new President of Sri Lanka.
Along with rescuing the country from the economic crisis, a great challenge awaits him to meet the opposition of the people. Our neighboring country, Sri Lanka, is in a severe financial crisis. Due to the lack of foreign exchange reserves, Sri Lanka is struggling to buy petrol and diesel. Due to this, people are facing a lot of difficulties like electricity generation ban and price hike.

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As these problems escalated, people rioted against the government. As a result, President Gotabaya Rajapakse, his brothers Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Finance Minister Basil Rajapakse resigned. Gotabaya fled to Singapore. Following this, Ranil Wickramasinghe, who was sworn in as Prime Minister, became the Acting Chancellor. In this case, the election for the post of president was held. Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the new president with the support of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Party of Rajapakse brothers.

Saving the country
Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country’s eighth president in a ceremony held at the Parliament complex. The country’s Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, three army commanders, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yaba Abeywardane and others participated in it.
Soon, he will form a cabinet of 20-25 ministers. During his tenure as Prime Minister, Ranil was involved in trying to get financial assistance from the International Fund. Now, it is expected to accelerate.
Besides rescuing the country from the economic crisis, removing the scarcity of petrol, diesel etc. and reducing the price hike will be the biggest challenge for him. Since he has been sworn in as president with the support of Rajapakse brothers, the people are in turmoil. Protests are going on demanding his resignation.

The biggest challenge
Ranil Wickramasinghe has the biggest challenge to stop these protests and pacify the people. When Ranil Wickramasinghe took office as the President, suddenly the power was cut off in the Parliament complex. Due to this, the scenes of his inauguration could not be broadcast on government ‘TV’. A probe has been ordered after this sparked controversy.

‘Visa’ for 14 days only

As popular unrest intensified, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Malat Islands; From there he went to Singapore. Tamils ​​in Singapore are protesting his stay there.
In this case, the Singapore government has announced that he has been granted a short-term ‘visa’ for 14 days for his personal visit. The Singapore government said that he did not seek asylum and did not grant political asylum.

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