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Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake elected president in Sri Lanka says victory 'belongs to all'
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Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Desanyake has won the Sri Lankan presidency, riding a wave
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of public fury as the nation hopes to recover from the most serious economic crisis in its
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history.
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As people were voting on Saturday, Desanyake was already predicting an upset.
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ANURA KUMARA DESANYAKE, Marxist Candidate People are voting enthusiastically.
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After the victory, I urge everyone to remain peaceful.
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A sign of democracy is that everyone has the right to advocate for any political party
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and the right to vote for anyone.
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We should protect that right.
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After the victory, there should be no clashes, no violence.
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Our country needs a new political culture.
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It's a remarkable turnaround for his half-century-old leftist National People's Power Party, which
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had long been on the margins.
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In the 2019 presidential election, he secured only 3 percent of the vote.
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Desanyake has pledged to ease the country's drastic austerity measures to abate a massive
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rise in poverty.
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Poverty now affects a quarter of the population.
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The current government increased income taxes and cut public spending, in exchange for 2.6
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billion euros in aid from the International Monetary Fund.
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Desanyake has promised to renegotiate the deal.
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