evidence: Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. [...] "We feel that Ranil Wickremesinghe is the only person with the experience, the know-how and the capacity to provide solutions to the economic crisis," General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam told the Reuters news agency. [...] But protesters remained fairly subdued. After the result, some gathered at the Galle Face Green protest site chanted "Ranil Go Home".