(19 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:
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Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka – 17 September 2024
1. Mid of people waving Sri Lankan flag in an election campaign rally, music in the background
2. Supporters holding banners with photo of incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe reading (English) ‘forward’
3. Speaker on stage, addressing public in an election campaign rally
4. Hundreds of people gathered to attend the rally
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 13 September 2024
5. Wide of traffic
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 18 September 2024
6. Various of people working in a vegetable market
7. Mid of a customer paying for vegetables
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Benita Hettithanthrie, voter:
“So here we are at the brink of another election, when we are going to appoint new caretakers for our country. So choose wisely, do not choose those who have sold and made us bankrupt. Remember, politicians are not the owners. We the people are the owners.”
9. Mid of man packing vegetables for a customer
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 13 September 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Lasantha Gunawardana, businessman:
“The most important issue in this election is the economy, because we are suffering the huge economic crisis and we are recovering. So everybody in the country is looking for how we can survive for the next decade. That’s why the people are thinking who is the best person to manage the economy.”
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ARCHIVE: Colombo, Sri Lanka – 17 July 2022
11. Various of long lines of vehicles outside gas station in Colombo
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ARCHIVE: Colombo, Sri Lanka – 7 April 2022
12. Tracking shot of empty cans kept in a line, tilt up to street
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 13 September 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka:
“So the main issues that we have to face are the issues of corruption, dealing with corruption, unbridled corruption in fact, stemming from the impunity that politicians have enjoyed, the ruling class, the ruling groups have enjoyed. Then sort of re-arranging our economic priorities, our spending, investments, and third, dealing with other ethnic conflict and finding a solution to that.”
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Homagama, Sri Lanka – 16 September 2024
14. Various of people attending presidential candidate Nuwan Bopage’s election campaign rally
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Colombo – 17 September 2024
15. Mid of a banner showing face of Sajith Premadasa, Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 13 September 2024
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka:
“The mood in the country among all sections of the population virtually is that there has to be change. There has to be change. Many people might say that there should be change at any cost. But, there is also the concern that the change must not lead to a repeat of what happened in 2022.”
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Colombo – 17 September 2024
17. People and traffic moving on a street with a banner of presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake in the background
18. Man pulling a hand cart with goods
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Colombo – 13 September 2024
19. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Chandana Aruna Perera, autorickshaw driver:
“We need someone who understands the suffering of the common people. We are hoping for a president who isn’t elitist, but someone who understands the struggles of the middle class and the poor, and can provide relief to the underprivileged.”
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