COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), was set for victory in a snap general election, results from the Indian Ocean island’s poll body showed on Friday.
Dissanayake, who won the presidential election in September, is seeking a mandate for his policies aimed at alleviating distress among the poor in a country struggling to emerge from a severe financial crisis.
(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe; Writing by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
