minorities voted for Dissanayake

Few minorities voted for Dissanayake, but many voted for the NPP. The NPP is the first political grouping from the predominantly Sinhalese south to win Tamil and Muslim districts in the northeast. Both the presidential and parliamentary elections took place without the ethnoreligious dog whistles of the past, helping the NPP bridge the ethnoreligious divide. Post-election, the government has embarked on a three-pronged development plan — eliminating poverty, creating a digital economy and a Clean Sri Lanka initiative which emphasises anti-corruption and the rule of law to resuscitate the island’s environment, ethics and culture. It has also promised to recruit more Tamils into the police force and return additional Tamil lands — long occupied by the military — to their original owners. Such measures could help AKD and the NPP strengthen their appeal among minorities. สล็อต เว็บตรง