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Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka's Dark Horse Candidate in Tightest Election in Decades
Colombo: Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena was a low-profile minister until he emerged as the best hope for a fractured opposition to topple South Asia's longest-serving leader, Mahinda Rajapakse.
The 63-year-old has become an unlikely rallying point for disaffected Sri Lankans since he walked out of Rajapakse's government a day after sharing dinner with the strongman president.
He has pledged to abolish the executive presidency within 100 days and return the country to a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy where the police, the judiciary, and the civil service will be independent institutions.
more/source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/m...st-election-in-decades-645708?curl=1420689870
Colombo: Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena was a low-profile minister until he emerged as the best hope for a fractured opposition to topple South Asia's longest-serving leader, Mahinda Rajapakse.
The 63-year-old has become an unlikely rallying point for disaffected Sri Lankans since he walked out of Rajapakse's government a day after sharing dinner with the strongman president.
He has pledged to abolish the executive presidency within 100 days and return the country to a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy where the police, the judiciary, and the civil service will be independent institutions.
more/source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/m...st-election-in-decades-645708?curl=1420689870