COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's new leftist president is expected to call a snap parliamentary election ahead of his plans to renegotiate the bankrupt island nation's unpopular International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program.

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the People's Liberation Front, or JVP, was sworn into office on Monday after a landslide win in weekend presidential polls.

Premium + Digital Edition

Ad-free access


P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
  • Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
  • Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)

TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS
See details
See details