By Mayank Chhaya-
As Sri Lanka holds a crucial presidential election on September 21, the economically troubled Indian Ocean Island nation is staring at multifarious challenges, the chief among them being its serious debt crisis. The spectacularly beautiful tropical island of 22 million people has to decide whether it wants to radically detach itself from the political uncertainties since 2020 or just make incremental changes.
A severely weakened economy, high corruption, endemic poverty and persistent unemployment are the main issues at play before the three main contenders, the incumbent President Ranil Wickramasinghe, Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party and Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party.
Mayank Chhaya Reports spoke to journalist and documentary filmmaker Beena Sarwar who recently made a critically acclaimed documentary ‘Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines”.
