Ruling coalition wins Sri Lanka election

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition has won Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliamentary elections, further consolidating his political dominance after the battlefield defeat of the Tamil Tigers last year.

Ruling coalition wins Sri Lanka election

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition has won Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliamentary elections, further consolidating his political dominance after the battlefield defeat of the Tamil Tigers last year.

The victory follows Mr Rajapaksa’s re-election in presidential polls three months ago. Despite opposition allegations that the president wants to monopolise power, he is a hero to many of the country’s Sinhalese majority hoping for a new era of development and reconciliation.

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