Anura Kumara Dissanayake was declared the winner of the weekend's poll.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect on Sunday invited his compatriots to help him "rewrite" history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured by discontent over an unprecedented financial crisis.
"The dream we have nurtured for centuries is finally coming true," he said in a statement shortly after the announcement. "History will judge my efforts, but I can confidently say that I did my best to stabilise the country during one of its darkest periods," he said in a statement. Dissanayaka would "not tear up" the IMF deal but would seek to modify it, a party politburo member told AFP.He said Dissanayaka had vowed to reduce income taxes that were doubled by Wickremesinghe and slash sales taxes on food and medicines.
But Sri Lanka's crisis has proven an opportunity for Dissanayaka, whose popularity rocketed on his pledge to change the island's "corrupt" political culture.Dissanayaka's party sought to reassure India that any administration he led would not be caught up in the geopolitical rivalry between its northern neighbour and China, the country's largest lender.
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