For decades, politics in Sri Lanka has been dominated by one family, the Rajapaksa’s.
But their reputation in the country has been ruined after the country’s economic collapse in 2022, a result of decades of financial mismanagement by the government.
In Saturday’s presidential elections, people are hopeful this could be the beginning of a new era.
The BBC’s South Asia Correspondent Samira Hussain reports from the capital city of Colombo.
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