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Why Sri Lanka’s election is so pivotal | BBC News


For decades, politics in Sri Lanka has been dominated by one family, the Rajapaksa’s.

But their reputation in the country has been ruined after the country’s economic collapse in 2022, a result of decades of financial mismanagement by the government.

In Saturday’s presidential elections, people are hopeful this could be the beginning of a new era.

The BBC’s South Asia Correspondent Samira Hussain reports from the capital city of Colombo.

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