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“Does he have a symbol to use?”:
PM challenges Rajapaksa to stand for election
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday lashed
out at former President Mahinda Rajapksa and his allies who organized
last week’s mass rally in Nugegoda describing the allies as the Nugegoda
kalliya (Nugegoda gang). The UNP Leader also repeated his threat made
earlier to dissolve Parliament.
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UNP-SLFP joint strategising for future Parliament
The top leadership of the two main political parties
in government, the SLFP and UNP, are currently in close consultation in
moves to clarify leadership positions and begin strategising for the
planned parliamentary elections later this year, the Sunday Observer
learns.
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‘New media culture in place’
No more blowing trumpets, no more singing hosannas
excepting that a new media culture has seen the light of day. Any
political party can reach out to any state media and will be given the
opportunity to air their views unlike during the former regime, so said
Chief Government Whip,
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