President’s aim national amity and economic development

In less than a fortnight the sixth Presidential election will be held to elect the sixth Executive President of the country. Daily News interviewed the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the present election campaign and the current political developments in the country.

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The Morning Inspection

What if it was Bahu Vs Wijekoon election?

I was asked recently by a reader to reflect a little on what would happen if the Presidential Election turned out to be a fight between Wickramabahu Karunaratne and Ukku Banda Wijekoon. I laughed when I read that email but later realized that we have been conditioned to see Presidential elections in Sri Lanka as an inevitable fight between a UNP candidate and an SLFP candidate.

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