Sri Lanka is joyful over the election of its new president.

Several months ago the citizens of Sri Lanka elected a new president, a man from a working class background, who promised to stop the corruption of the last 30 years. The families that had run the country had left poor villagers to fend for themselves. The president was elected overwhelmingly but he needed a parliament that would help him make reforms. That election took place a few days ago when we were in a small mountain village. We watched people making their way into the polling place, distances of 5 miles or more, to cast their vote. The president's party won overwhelmingly. A local Sri Lankan pointed out the sight of the old parliament members leaving town