Friday, November 15, 2019

Sri Lanka is Electing a New President

Following the Easter bombings that destroyed parts of Sri Lanka and killed approximately 250 people, the country is taking to the polls. A combination of the bombings and inter-governmental gridlock has caused the public to lose trust in their government. There has been a lot of interested candidates, but the two front runners are the former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the minister of housing Sajith Premadasa.

by Jared Weaver

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/15/asia/sri-lanka-elections-intl-hnk/index.html

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