Sri Lanka's snap election a 'turning point'

Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake was confident of a victory as polls closed in snap legislative elections on November 14.

He said he expected “a strong majority” in parliament to press ahead with his platform. Dissanayake took power in September presidential elections on a promise to combat graft and recover the country’s stolen assets, two years after an unprecedented economic meltdown.