Sri Lanka’s independent election commission indefinitely postponed local polls Friday after the president — installed by parliament last year after his predecessor fled — refused to fund the vote.
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They were seen by many as a de facto referendum on unpopular austerity measures he has imposed as he seeks to secure an International Monetary Fund bailout. The announcement came a day after Wickremesinghe warned parliament that holding an election during the economic crisis could be disastrous.Wickremesinghe, who replaced Gotabaya Rajapaksa after protesters stormed the presidential palace, has implemented swingeing tax hikes and price rises in an effort to secure the IMF bailout.
Opposition MPs accused the president of using the economic crisis as an excuse to sabotage democracy.
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