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November 18, 2019
Sri Lanka’s Former Defence ChiefGotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn-in as the country’s new president after a recordelection victory.
The swearing-in took place beforeChief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya in front of a historic Buddhist temple inAnuradhapura north east of the capital.
According to election results, thecandidate for the Sri Lanka Podujana Party, Peoples’ Party, Rajapaksa, recordedan easy victory with a majority of more than 1.3 million votes in the country’sPresidential polls
He received around 52 per cent ofthe vote, compared to the 42 per cent for his chief rival, ruling partycandidate Sajith Premadasa.
Both of the two favourites to winhad focused their campaigns on the theme of security in the wake of this year’sEaster Sunday bombings by extremist Islamist groups that left the entire nationshaken.
President-elect Rajapaksa is theyounger brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was in power from2005 to 2015.