Sri Lanka’s parliament elected former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a figure seen by many as equal in corruption to ousted leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as president Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Wickremesinghe became acting president Friday after defeating his opponent 134-82 in a secret ballot election, after the parliamentary majority coalition endorsed Wickremesinghe, according to the WSJ. He had promised to resign as prime minister along with former president Rajapaksa after protesters stormed the presidential residence and nearby office .
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