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he says this woman will empower the paul. india is said to get its 1st president from the marginalized tribal community. critics say it's a politically dishonest choice. ah, i'm been fas all and thanks for joining us. another state of emergency is in place in sri lanka, as the crisis written country braces for change. this week parliament's expected to like the new president months of public protests led to the ouster of former president got to buy a raja poxy. he fled the country and resigned for lancaster. leaders have imposed several states of emergencies since april, but such orders have done little to stop. seems like these protested storm the prime minister's office and occupied raja punches official residents last week.

demonstrate is also what acting president of ronald wicker. i'm a singer out claiming he's an ally of roger parcher. he's one of 2 front runners to take on the presidential role. the other is leader of the opposition sergeant prima dasa on your right for the 1st time since 1978 parliament will choose the leader instead of a popular vote. whoever comes out winner, he'll have to rescue sri lanka from economic collapse and when over an exhausted and angry public. we'll talk to an analyst about that right after this report. for minority barber, sorry, the golf, this area in the heart of colombo has become a 2nd home, a lecturer and social activist. she has been involved in the action from the start prior to their sir or st. petersburg actually then v ways out through social media against the guitar bit ij a box and the government criticize it. and by posting some post and it was of the

writing for the newspapers, but actually understand not enough. so. so then, because of then the me understand and we need to do, we need to do some more than that. missouri has seen the early protest grew into a mass movement that ultimately pushed president waterbury roger boxer and his brothers out of power. the trigger for the demonstrations was the economy crisis that left people scrambling for essentials, such as fuel looking gas medicines and even food the future cause of she, lunk, us politics and governance is being charted right now in the parliament. what people want is a new government and a leader who can pull them out of this financial crisis and bring an end to the daily struggles they have been facing for long. good roger boxes exit has left a political vacuum. people are cautiously optimistic about what might come next with the, with the system change we expect are we expect or some sort of stability,

some semblance of stability to reassured him. however, that remains or remains to be seen. but we have hopes they have to establish trust, sir, that, that be able to resolve a beer seeker needs. we don't know when electricity is coming. we don't know when next. full shipment is coming up via tired, like as, as people are tired of like looking into these failed leadership with this change or far the political leadership, which caused most of the cows industry in the country. i u haul or a new set of leaders, a new mission and a new country new people can be solved is altogether, but the struggle is not over yet. nobody still comes to talk to fellow protesters about the v forward. power struggle will continue because thing is me still not, i'd v still not find a solution for their issues from this country. the government need to understand

and gamma need to address that. so dear dead, jesse. yes, we are still continues as bad as minority says she has grown as a person and has formed lasting friendships. she knows there's a long road ahead and a lot still to be done. let's talk about what needs to be done and who's up for the job with policy advisor and economist, can nation victor, roger, a senior research associate at the global affairs thing. thank o. d i in the u. k. let's start off with vickery massena. what happens if roger parks is so called ally takes over his old job. i think there will be continued d no matter who gets into paula, but he's running to become a senior, gets into the presidency for sure. there will be talks that will continue with the international monetary fund on a band out package. and the can. the thing is also talking about in the consortium

for sri lanka and then the difficult task which i think he needs to articulate also is how we do economic reforms to get the economy more market oriented and meet the needs of the pool. and then there is this fixed and difficult question of political reforms that needs to come down the line. you mentioned the poor. there are so many people who can't afford fuel at the moment who can even get their hands on fuel food. it's a desperate humanitarian situation right now. if there is the same old because that's what people are seeing and became a singer what these protests, what this turmoil continue. so there are 2 aspects to this. one is really to get some relief to the people and i think the government will try to do this through a cash transfer system for the poorest while maintaining expenditure on health education and other essential services which will benefit the book. and that is

a key part of the i'm a program which looks to adjust revenue and raise prices of electricity and other utilities to what prices. the, on the show of the protests running the commissioner has declared an emergency to try to get public order restored and ensure essentially supplies while we get this election of the president. it is also hope that once we get some resolution on the political front, there will be gradually acceptance of whoever is in government by the people once the distribution of supply improves. and i think that is the great hope of missing off, whoever it comes to power. the acting president says those talks with the international monetary fund are nearing conclusion. so it's really like a set to get itself into even more debt. so the international monetary fund agreement will take a few months to come through because there is this issue of having to show gets in

sustainability, which means getting some agreement with the main creditors, the private creditors, and also china, which has 7600000 of our debt and once that is through then the i'm if can take the agreement to the board and get to agreement. and i did inevitably doesn't want some extra debt. but typically these on fed concessional terms. and they will also be, will bank and asian development bank money, also very concessional terms. so indeed there will be more debt. but one hopes that these reforms and the i met program would be more market oriented, stronger economy, which will then provide growth, which means more revenue tax revenue, which can then eventually pay back this debt over time. when i listen to it sounds like there's a concrete plan in place. it sounds like things could run smoothly. but what if opposition leader prima dasa gets in? i think it would be the same economic program regardless of whether it's running

bigger, missing or play with because they are broadly committed to a market economy and towards achieving macro economic stability. what we did for, i guess, is in some of the micro detail of what they would like from with us, for instance, is known to have this 1000000 homes scheme, which is to ensure a cheap housing for the poor right throughout the country. he also emphasizes perhaps more social welfare measures for the poor and the kind of a bottom up approach because he's popular in many areas outside colombo, i think in messina would probably have a slightly more author dot macroeconomic strategy, which will have inflation control, market oriented reforms and some element of a safety net. so there are a common themes, but there are also some differences between them. ok, what i'd have to leave with a economist, coordination thinking not just thank you very much for being on the show for your analysis today. thank you so much,

ben. india's parliament and state lawmakers have begun voting for a new president for a 5 year term. it's a largely ceremonial role as head of state, but this is election is different. the overwhelming favorite, the ruling b, j. p. party candidate draw pity more more would be the 1st tribal leader in the top spot. model comes from the marginalized santa tripe in odessa state. he's been a politician for decades and it serves the state governor. mama will face off against former b. j. p leader. dash one sina who's now an opposition candidates and a prominent critic of the ruling party results a jew thursday. as far as the front runner goes, after mobile is candace, he was announced, mowdy tweeted, mormon, who has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor and downtrodden as well as the marginalized electrolyte strategic. but, but a politically dishonest, that's what some critics are saying. let's bring in detail,

we use our conscious oksana. what's your take on the ruling parties? big throw, pity marble. ben want to a more the to we did is actually very true because as she's a teacher from the tribal belt of already saw ange harko. now these are 2 strategic states for the market and the party, the ruling party. and they have not really have made in the past in georgia, in these states. so they want to change that with the bringing in somebody like more and more who represents a big population of tribal people as she's the 1st leader who will, ah, you know, if the, what is in her favor would become the president of india. and that really goes a long way in representation or off tribals. you should also understand that presidents of india are largely as our ceremonials pause, but they are important. ah, the present president who is our doctor?

i'm not cool. wind comes from the delete costs, which is the lowest cost in the indian cost system. and his representation really has meant a lot for the for the ruling party. i saw the b to be wants to do the same. ah, with the modem was a nomination as well here. so this is about sending out a message, a signal to the people i mentioned mod, amo's main competitor. yahoo want seen her. this is what he twitter to the weekend this year. the presidential election is not a contest between 2 individuals, but 2 ideologies. would you agree with her? see? yes, once in a has been a cabinet minister in the past to be to be government, but he is a vocal critic off the present more the government. ah, you should also know that there have actually no opposition figure that stood for the nominations. they were 3 people who stood down standing up against modem

because she has the backing of the ruling party. ah, so was really yes, once in i is saying her that he wants to see that all of the president are to be more than a ceremonial one. and you know, to have more elect daughter, a sound boarding, perhaps for the ruling govern governing party. and so that it can award that the pitfalls of what the my daughter, darian democracy looks like. did oh, here's a conqueror suck sienna, thank you very much for your input. and thank you for joining us. see you next up. ah sh. i'm skin that i want that's hard and in the end this i'm me, you are not allowed to see you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar

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