“Ranil Wickremesinghe is not a leader with the mandate of the people” - Swasthika Arulingam

Swasthika Arulingam is a Sri Lankan human rights lawyer, women's rights activist, human rights activist, and a political activist. Swasthika Arulingam has been participating as a volunteer representative in the protests in Sri Lanka since March this year.

Army soldiers stand guard at the site of a protest camp outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 22. Inset: Swasthika Arulingam Source: AP

Kulasegaram Sanchayan asks Swasthika Arulingam on the consequences of Ranil Wickremesinghe's assumption of office as the President of Sri Lanka.

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