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New Delhi:Amid calls for postponing the presidential election, theSri Lankangovernment says it is firm on holding the polls later this year...
SriLankan minister Jeevan Thondaman said the election was on schedule for September or October and there were no plans to push it back..
He was responding to comments made by the United National Party (UNP) general secretary Tuesday that the term of the president and parliament be extended by two years..
The Director General of the Sri Lankan Election Commission, Saman Sri Ratnayake,saidWednesday that the presidential election could not be postponed through a referendum...
Namal Rajapaksa, the national organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), told ThePrint, Any political leader whether it be from my Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) or any other political party cannot lead a country by stifling the voice of the people..
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