THAMBUTTEGAMA, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late on Tuesday, with general elections to be held on Nov. 14. Since his party currently has only three members in the legislature, he aims to strengthen his power base with the highly unusual move to call elections right after taking office.
During his campaign for the presidency, Dissanayake set himself apart from rivals by reminding Sri Lankans still suffering the lingering effects of the 2022 economic crisis that he, too, came from poverty.
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