Sri Lankan Parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as President

News Desk

Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been demanding his removal from office for weeks.

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