Sri Lanka's first leftist president, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, is sworn into office, vowing to restore public faith in politics. The leader of the People's Liberation Front warned, however, that he had no magic solution to the hardships suffered following an unprecedented economic crisis.
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00:00We are ready to start the public works for the festival.
00:04For that, the people of Sri Lanka should work together.
00:10We should not take away the country from the economic development of this country.
00:24We will still get a democratic country.
00:29Our government should be more prosperous than this.
00:34We need a cultured government that respects the people.
00:39We are ready to fight for that.
00:43Our country's government is about the country's governance.
00:59We do not believe that we can achieve anything only with a strong government, a strong party, and a strong government.
01:14I am not Indra Jaliki.
01:19I am not a magician.
01:22I am an ordinary foreigner.
01:28There are people who can do it.
01:31There are people who do not know about it.