Thu, Jan 8, 2015, 07:07 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Jan 08 (CNN-IBN) Chennai- Sri Lanka goes to polls on Thursday in what is widely believed to be the closest presidential race in decades. While President Mahinda Rajapaksa seeks an unprecedented third term. He faces off against his former colleague turned common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena.
More than five years after the war ended, Sri Lanka will go to polls to elect a new President. Considered a hero, by the country's majority Sinhala Buddhist community for crushing the LTTE. Mahinda Rajapaksa now seeks a record third term in office. Following allegations of corruption, authoritarianism and misrule, Rajapaksa called for elections, two years ahead of schedule. He is up against his former health minister Maithripala Sirisena who is backed by a broad coalition of opposition parties including Tamil groups.
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More than five years after the war ended, Sri Lanka will go to polls to elect a new President. Considered a hero, by the country's majority Sinhala Buddhist community for crushing the LTTE. Mahinda Rajapaksa now seeks a record third term in office. Following allegations of corruption, authoritarianism and misrule, Rajapaksa called for elections, two years ahead of schedule. He is up against his former health minister Maithripala Sirisena who is backed by a broad coalition of opposition parties including Tamil groups.
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Sri Lanka votes in closest President election, Tamils have little choice
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