COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn into office on Monday, promising a “people friendly government”, as the country recovers from its worst economic crisis.
The 55-year-old left-leaning Dissanayake, who is familiarly known as AKD, told Sri Lankans that “democracy doesn’t end with voting in a leader”.
“We need to establish a new clean political culture,” he said. “I commit to achieving this. We will do the utmost to win back the people’s respect and trust in the political system,” he added.
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