As Sri Lanka prepares for its critical presidential elections on September 21, all eyes are on its 16.3-million registered voting population as the nation still reels from the economic collapse and the protest movement of 2022. There are 39 presidential contenders – all men – one of whom will decide the future of reforms in a largely unpredictable elections.
Asian Dispatch and Centre for Investigative Reporting (Sri Lanka) presents ‘The Road Ahead: What Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections Means for the World’, a webinar that will dissect how the elections will unfold, its implications for other South Asian nations, and why the future of the country matters to the world.
We will be joined by [TAG] Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Center for Policy Alternatives; Rathindra Kuruwita, Deputy News Editor, The Island; Aditi Phadnis, Political Editor, Business Standard; and Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Pakistan Correspondent, The Diplomat. The conversation will be moderated by Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Co-founder/Director, Center for Investigative Reporting Sri Lanka.
DATE: Tuesday, September 3
TIME: 10.30 AM (Colombo/India time)
REGISTRATION LINK:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeC1-4ArdQ3j21joGV1xkZmau9VpSXIaMOHJKXLsrMROoljbg/viewform
