Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, rode to power on two major electoral planks that aimed to completely change the island nation’s political system and adopt a strong anti-corruption approach. Long before Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 10th president on September 23, the National People’s Power (NPP), a coalition of 28 political parties, including the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Perumana (JVM) which he heads, had focused on reforming the public health services and address housing shortages.