IN a result that was unthinkable just weeks ago, former cabinet minister Maithripala Sirisena has won Sri Lanka's presidential election.
SIRISENA humbled his one-time ally and longtime president who paid the price for blatantly amassing power while failing to address the country's economic troubles.
Sirisena, who defected from the ruling party in a surprise move in November, capitalised on outgoing President Mahinda Rajapaksa's unpopularity among the island's ethnic and religious minorities, as well as grumbling among the Sinhalese majority about his growing power.The challenger received 51.2 per cent of the votes in Thursday's election and Rajapaksa got 47.5 per cent, said Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya.Rajapaksa had conceded defeat and vacated his official residence early on Friday morning, hours before the official announcement.Sirisena, 63 and a longtime politician, called on his supporters to remain peaceful after the victory, telling them at a gathering at the Election Commission that they shouldn't "even hurt anybody's feelings"."The honour of this victory is in your peaceful conduct," he said, thanking Rajapaksa for ensuring the transition had so far gone smoothly.Sirisena was expected to be sworn in later on Friday.Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, who met Rajapaksa early on Friday, said the outgoing president saw his defeat in early election results and agreed to hand over power.He said Rajapaksa deserved credit for ending the civil war but the people had called for a change.While Rajapaksa's campaign centred around his victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009 and his work rebuilding the country's infrastructure, Sirisena's focused on reining in the president's expanding powers.He also accused Rajapaksa of corruption, a charge the president denied.Rajapaksa, who was elected in 2005, had been widely expected to easily win his third term in office until Sirisena suddenly split away in November, gathering the support of other defecting MPs and many of the country's ethnic minorities, making the election a fierce political battle.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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