{"id":1357225,"date":"2024-09-22T17:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T15:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1357225"},"modified":"2024-09-22T18:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T16:53:02","slug":"marxist-dissanayake-wins-1st-sri-lanka-election-since-2022-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/latest-news\/2024-09-22\/marxist-dissanayake-wins-1st-sri-lanka-election-since-2022-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Marxist Dissanayake wins 1st Sri Lanka election since 2022 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Colombo, Sep 22 (EFE).- Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of a Marxist group that led two deadly armed uprisings in Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s, was elected the country\u2019s president on Sunday following a second round runoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elections were the first since civil unrest in 2022 led to the resignation and departure from the country of the then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is widely blamed for the economic crisis gripping the country.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1357265\" style=\"width:684px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-430x286.jpeg 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-145.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sri Lankan polling officials carry ballot boxes to submit at a counting center after the end of voting for the presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21 September 2024. 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