(25 Sep 2024)
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Colombo – 25 September 2024
1. Various of city, traffic
2. Various of newspaper headlines
3. Various of a man browsing through newspapers at a newspaper stall
4. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Lanka Jayasinghe, local resident:
"I think our [new] president has the ability to resuscitate our nation."
5. Wide of a newspaper stall
6. Close of newspaper with a headline reading “General Election Held on November 14th”
7. A man reading a newspaper at a newspaper stall
8. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Sril Ariyapala, local resident:
"It was good that the Parliament was dismissed. As there is instability in the nation, a strong government is vital to carry the country forward."
9. Mid of pedestrians
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mihirani Weerasinghe, insurance executive:
"We are really happy after she was appointment as she is a woman prime minister. And really proud of that. She is the third women’s prime minister in Sri Lanka."
11. General visual of a roadside textile stall
12. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Anil Indika, ex-soldier:
"People have been hoping for change to happen in the country, considering the status quo. Socioeconomic standards in our society have fallen greatly. Huge change is need because of that. I believe that the decision people took [in electing the new President] was good. We’ll have to see in one or two years if this situation would have changed. I hope that the new government will have the ability to do so."
13. General visual of a pavement
14. General visual of a road with traffic
15. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Shamali Hettiarachchi, architectural draftsman:
"I am very happy that an educated person was elected. I am happily waiting to see what service would be provided [by the President] to the country. I hope he [the President] will do something for not just me but also the younger generations."
16. General visual of a street.
17. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Bashini Kaushalya, accountant:
"Now, a female Prime Minister has been appointed. I am actually very happy. Hence, we have hopes for a lot.
18. General visual of a street
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Devika Rajapaksa, ex-teacher:
"I am sure [the Prime Minister] will do something [good] for our country. People have suffered a lot in the past. The people have good hopes for the country and that she will do something [good] for us."
20. Various of visuals of the Parliament
STORYLINE:
Sri Lanka’s new President dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for a parliamentary election in less than two months in an effort to consolidate power after his weekend election victory.
The dissolution came hours after Anura Dissanayake swore in a female lawmaker in his coalition as his prime minister, making her the country’s first woman to head the government in 24 years.
Harini Amarasuriya, 54, a university lecturer and activist, comes from a similar background as Dissanayake and both are members of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition, which remains in the opposition in Parliament.
His victory in Saturday’s election over ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa came as Sri Lankans rejected the old political guard whom they blamed for pushing the country into an unprecedented economic crisis.
The last woman to serve as prime minister, the second most-powerful position after the president, was Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She was also the world’s first female head of government when she took up the post in 1960, and served three terms until 2000.
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