Rajapaksa seeks new term as Lanka crisis deepens ...Qatar

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Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday announced he would stand for a second term, reversing a promise to only stay for five years, media reports said. The 72-year-old nationalist leader told top media executives he needed more time to fix Sri Lanka’s worsening economic crisis, reports said. During his triumphant 2019 election campaign, Rajapaksa said he would be a one-term president. He reaffirmed in March last year that one five-year term was sufficient to implement his ambitious manifesto, triggering a succession struggle within the powerful Rajapaksa family that dominates the government. Elections are not due until 2024, but Rajapaksa now says he needs five more years to imp

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