Sri Lankans went to the polls on Monday to elect a new parliament in what amounts to a referendum on ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s comeback bid.
The nationalist strongman has set his sights on becoming premier of a government led by his Sri Lanka Freedom Party. But the former ally who beat him at the polls in January, President Maithripala Sirisena, now leads the party and he rules that out.
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