Sri Lanka opposition leader says stability requires new mandate

Bloomberg

Sri Lanka needs a new elected government to provide policy stability as it faces its worst economic crisis in generations, according to the leader of the main opposition party.
“It’s time for a mandate, a fresh mandate,” Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana
Balawegaya party said in a Bloomberg interview. “People don’t want elections, they want solutions. But at the end of
the day to resolve this gridlock, I think a fresh mandate is the only answer.”
The South Asian island nation has been in the worst economic tailspin of its independent history, with shortages of everything from fuel to medicine, power outages and inflation seen rising to 40% prompting angry protests and turning into political risk for the ruling Rajapaksa family.