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Sri Lanka Presidential Elections

category international | politics / elections | other press author Thursday October 13, 2005 14:30author by CWI

CWI candidate

Presidential Election campaign begins

Socialist candidate’s "red three-wheeler" makes history
Clare Doyle, CWI

The presidential election campaign in Sri Lanka got into full swing last Friday and so did the campaign of the United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka). It was Nomination Day - a grand ceremonial occasion, when every candidate must hand in their papers to the Election Commissioner and wait for their nomination to be accepted.

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