Sri Lanka Crisis

The Sri Lankan Parliament Wednesday is voting to elect the next president of the crisis-hit country after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned and fled following widespread protests last week. Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, ruling-party lawmaker Dullas Alahapperuma, and leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukti Peramuna party Anura Kumara Dissanayaka are the candidates in the fray. Mahinda Rajapaksa is in the House to cast his vote.