Wickremesinghe elected Sri Lanka president

Описание: (20 Jul 2022)
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Colombo - 20 July 2022
1. Wide of crowd outside presidential palace
HEADLINE: Wickremesinghe elected Sri Lanka president
2. Mid of protest
Annotation: Protesters in Colombo were disappointed Wednesday as lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka's president.
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Namal Jayaweera, human resources professional:
"Parliamentarians have failed us. They have failed us because they have not listened to the people's demands."
4. Wide of presidential palace
ANNOTATION: Wickrememsinghe was chosen in a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil. When Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka, he put Wickremisinghe in charge.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Viska Jayaweera, performing artist:
"At this moment we are not happy at all, because he came to the Parliament without any vote base, he came from the back door to the Parliament and he came and protected the Rajapaksas. Now again he's there to protect the Rajapaksas, because we say Sri Lanka, we say we don't have dollars to get oil, we don't have dollars to get gas. But we see in the parliament, money has spoken at this moment. So we are very sad. Especially, we are very disappointed with the 225 Parliament members whom we elected and sent them to the Parliament to speak on behalf of people, which they have not done, but they have done worse. They have voted to protect themselves."
6. Mid of protesters
ANNOTATION: Wickremesinghe is unpopular with voters who see him as a holdover from Rajapaksa's government. Protesters chanted "Go home, Ranil."
7. Close of Sri Lanka flags
ANNOTATION: Wickremesinghe will serve the rest of Rajapaksa's term, which ends in 2024.
STORYLINE:
Protesters in Colombo were disappointed Wednesday as lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka's president.
Wickrememsinghe was chosen in a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil. When Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka, he put Wickremisinghe in charge.
Wickremesinghe is unpopular with voters who see him as a holdover from Rajapaksa's government. Protesters chanted "Go home, Ranil."
Wickremesinghe will serve the rest of Rajapaksa's term, which ends in 2024.
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