Ranil Wickremesinghe distances himself from his predecessors as he becomes President of Sri Lanka - ABC News

The new president inherits the same economic conditions and political distrust which drove his predecessor to flee the country and abdicate the role.

Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president, a day after winning the vote in parliament, and urged the island nation to come together to find a way out of i… [+2643 chars]

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