Sri Lanka’s political environment has shifted due to the stunning election victories of a new left-leaning president and his party, but the island’s financially constrained new rulers are rapidly realizing that campaign pledges are easier to make than to fulfill.
The National People’s Power (NPP) alliance quickly won a landslide victory in legislative elections after Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s stunning victory in the September presidential election.
He and his supporters hope that this year marks a sea change for the nation, which is still recovering from years of mismanagement and a severe economic catastrophe.
They have little leeway, though, to fulfill promises made to voters, who have high hopes for the new administration.
Following the 2022 financial crisis, economic recovery
