evidence: Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been demanding his removal from office for weeks. [...] Some chanted, "Ranil go home" in anger when the result was announced. [...] Vrai Cally Balthazaar told CNN that Wickremesinghe "is not the people’s president," adding: "We don’t see Ranil (Wickremesinghe) as being different to Rajapaksa’s, only an extension of him, which is very much about corruption, nepotism, racism and also self serving."