evidence: Colombo, Sri Lanka – For Dilshan Jayasanka, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s first Marxist-leaning president is the beginning of a "radical new path" for the crisis-hit island nation. [...] However, a majority of Tamil voters in the northern, eastern and central provinces had voted for other candidates, including Dissanayake’s main rivals Sajith Premadasa and Ranil Wickremesinghe, in Saturday’s election. [...] "Anura Kumara’s campaign didn’t target much of the minority community’s demands. This is a point of view among the Tamil communities," Anthony said, adding that he will "wait and see" how the plans for reconciliation promised by the new president would be implemented.