Samagi Jana Balawegaya party leader Sajith Premadasa (L), arrives at Sri Lanka's Election Commission office in Colombo on September 22, 2024. Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, on September 22, invited his compatriots to help him "rewrite" history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured by discontent over an unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)