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Thursday, July 30, 2015
Ousted Sri Lankan Leader Angles for a Comeback
Ex-President Rajapaksa leads ethnically charged campaign, vows closer ties to China
Former
Sri Lankan president and parliamentary candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa
greeted supporters during the launch of his party election manifesto in
Colombo on Tuesday. PHOTO: LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH-July 28, 2015
NAULA, Sri Lanka—Flanked by saffron-robed Buddhist monks, former Sri
Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa exhorted a crowd of more than a
thousand supporters at a weekend election rally, saying: “We saved this
country. Don’t let it be divided again.”
The 69-year-old politician, ousted by voters earlier this year, is seeking a return to office—this
time as prime minister—in an ethnically charged campaign mixing
economic promises with warnings of resurgent terror by minority Tamils,
defeated six years ago after a long civil war.
