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If Government rejects consensus:

President to look fo democratic alternatives

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga replying to questions asked on a live radio program Subharathi broadcast over the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation yesterday morning said that if the Government is not ready to arrive at a consensus on core issues facing the country including the peace process, she will be compelled to look for other democratic alternatives to seek solutions to the problems faced by the people and the country. It is those who lack self-confidence that oppose consensus, she added.
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