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Sri Lankan ruling coalition legislator vows to defeat Rajapaksa Colombo: A Sri Lankan ruling coalition legislator has said that he would do everything to defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa if he tried to hold Presidential election without amending the constitution. What we see today is a dictatorial regime controlled by a few bureaucrats, said Buddhist Monk Venerable Athuraliye Rathana, a legislator of Rajapaksas ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) coalition. His remarks came as a blow to Rajapaksa, who is bracing up for snap presidential polls to seek a record third term. There are moves to hold a snap presidential election based on astrological advice. I say dont do it without adopting the 19th amendment, asserted Rathana, who launched a movement yesterday to win backing for a move to force the President to move the 19th amendment to the constitution. Read more: zeenews.india/news/south-asia/sri-lankan-ruling-coalition-legislator-vows-to-defeat-rajapaksa_1485043.html
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:12:40 +0000

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