Sri Lankans vote this weekend to elect the country's 10th president, the first since the 2022 economic crisis. Current President Ranil Wickremesinghe faces stiff competition from Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa.

Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday's presidential election will improve their lot by much.

Sri Lanka is gearing up for its first presidential election since the 2022 economic meltdown, which triggered massive protests and forced Gotabaya Ra