Anura Kumara Dissanayake, after winning the Sri Lanka Presidential election, said, "We [are] ready to rewrite Sri Lankan history." "The unity of Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, and all Sri Lankans is the bedrock of this new beginning," he added. Dissanayake, who is set to replace President Ranil Wickremesinghe, will be the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka.