The Incumbent, the Marxist and the Heir: Sri Lanka’s Tight Race for ...
WEB18 hours ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 12:01 a.m. ET. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Saturday for the first time since its strongman president fled the country two years ago in the face of protests over ...
Premadasa, son of slain Sri Lanka president, now in contest for …
WEB1 day ago · Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's presidential election and a win will hand him the top job more than 30 years after his father was ...
Voting underway in Sri Lanka presidential polls: In first elections ...
WEB17 hours ago · The third popular face, Sajith Premadasa, is the son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa and the leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). He finished runner-up to Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the previous election in 2019.
Sajith pledges to be SL’s first “volunteer President”
WEB3 days ago · The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday made a bold promise to become Sri Lanka’s first “volunteer President” during his final campaign rally in Maradana ahead of the 21 September 2024 election. Premadasa declared that, if elected, he would not use public funds for his upkeep while in office, and expressed confidence that he would secure at least ..
Sri Lanka's opposition leader says the rich ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 12, 2024 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s opposition leader said Thursday that if he wins the country’s presidential race, he will renegotiate the International Monetary Fund economic reforms package to ensure rich residents pay more taxes and poor ones see their conditions improve. Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader in Parliament told ...
Sajith says unfazed by challengers, focused on rebuilding country
WEBSep 14, 2024 · The Sunday Times sister paper Irida Lankadeepa sat down with Opposition Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa this week to talk about his vision for the country and future plans should he emerge victorious. Mr. Premadasa lost the 2019 presidential election to Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Much has happened since ...
Hiru TV Salakuna | Sajith Premadasa | Episode 450 | 2024-09-16 | Hiru News
WEB5 days ago · Hiru TV Salakuna | Sajith Premadasa | Episode 450 | 2024-09-16 | Hiru News"සලකුණ"සමගි ජන බලවේගය / සමගි ජන සන්ධානයේජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක, විපක්ෂ නායකසජිත් ප්රේමදා...
Sri Lanka's opposition leader says the rich will pay more if he wins ...
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader in Parliament told The Associated Press in an interview that his party has already started discussions with the IMF to find ways to ease people's tax...
The AP Interview: Sri Lanka candidate sees tough work ahead
WEBJul 16, 2022 · Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to “listen to the people” who are struggling through the island nation’s worst economic crisis and to hold ...
Sri Lanka votes today to pick President after economic crisis ...
WEB19 hours ago · Presidential candidate and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawgaya or United People's Power party waves to supporters as he arrives for the final election rally in Colombo ...
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