Sri Lanka’s former PM struggles to claim presidential prize

The frontrunner in Sri Lanka’s presidential vote, Ranil Wickremesinghe, claims credit for freezing a decades-long ethnic war but that has not translated into deep support among the Sinhalese majority crucial to victory.

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The frontrunner in Sri Lanka’s presidential vote, Ranil Wickremesinghe, claims credit for freezing a decades-long ethnic war but that has not translated into deep support among the Sinhalese majority crucial to victory. Wickremesinghe, the 56-year-old former prime minister, has told voters he is the “peace candidate” and promised to secure a permanent deal with Tamil Tiger rebels within “two to three years” if he wins Thursday’s ballot.

However, it is the early success of his peace efforts, which brought a ceasefire in an ethnic conflict that has claimed more than 60,000 lives since 1972, that probably led to his defeat in April 2004 elections.

In 2002, Wickremesinghe entered into a truce with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and moved quickly to reform the country’s economy.

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