Sri Lanka election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks increased parliamentary strength
Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation will give its new leftist president greater legislative power to help the poor as it recovers from a financial meltdown.
The president is looking to win a parliamentary majority to push through ... officials and 27,000 police officers on duty.
Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president.
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