Sri Lanka will on Saturday hold its first election since it suffered a default and a political uprising in 2022, a vote seen as a referendum on the ruling elites who steered the south Asian country into economic crisis.
The presidential poll comes as Sri Lanka seeks to complete a $3bn IMF bailout agreed last year and to finalise the restructuring of the island nation’s multilateral and bilateral debt.
While dozens of candidates are on the ballot, the limited opinion polling available…
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