This was a huge upset to the corrupt Sri Lankan old-guard who never saw it coming. Hopefully he has a plan of action to rid the corrupt bloodsuckers from parliament and begin the hard work of restoring prosperity to the people of Sri Lanka. Power to the people!

      • SadArtemis🏳️‍⚧️@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 months ago

        Hopefully India won't play ball, considering the US has been encircling it with hostile regime changes and meddling even more than usual in its own internal issues. I've no doubt even Modi and the BJP, immensely flawed as they are, understand that the US is trying to tighten the noose on India, and dreams of using it like a massive nuclear Ukraine upon the Eurasian continent...

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    I am prepared for all Americans to suddenly be concerned with all the Sunnis in Sri Lanka or something

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        Yes, I was hoping someone would pick up the reference, but also my grab bag of nationalities was wrong

  • commiespammer@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    antielectorialists in shambles rn (/s I know how this could not happen in the west due to how entrenched the capitalists are and the institutions in place etc etc)

  • KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Although it would be nice if they could do anything, what about congress and/or other parts of the government that can block the president?

    I know that if this happened in my country the president would either have to basically sell the country to get even mediocre laws passed, or more likely with the even farther right congress of now, would get impeached in no time, though I don't know how much of this applies to Sri Lanka.

    • peeonyou [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      It's probably going to be somewhat difficult for him to pull the country leftward except that he won by such a large margin they're saying he basically has a mandate. So we'll see how that works out I guess.

    • peeonyou [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      On the periphery of the empire perhaps, but not in the core it sure doesn't.