Sri Lankans go to the polls on Thursday to choose their parliamentary representatives after new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called a snap election. The economy and cost of living is another major factor as the county struggles to recover from its worst ever financial crisis. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SriLanka #SriLankaParliamentaryElection #SriLankaElection #AnuraKumaraDissanayake #SwastikaArulingam #RanilWickremesinghe #SajithPremadasa #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #ParliamentVote #PoliticalChange #IMFDeal #Colombo #NPP #AlJazeeraEnglish
Sri Lanka election: Economy and cost living key issues for voters
Sri Lankans go to the polls on Thursday to choose their parliamentary representatives after new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called a snap election. The economy and cost of living is another major factor as the county struggles to recover from its worst ever financial crisis. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SriLanka #SriLankaParliamentaryElection #SriLankaElection #AnuraKumaraDissanayake #SwastikaArulingam #RanilWickremesinghe #SajithPremadasa #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #ParliamentVote #PoliticalChange #IMFDeal #Colombo #NPP #AlJazeeraEnglish