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“This has all the potential of being a real electoral contest now,” saidPaikiasothy Saravanamuttu executive director of the Center for Policy Alternatives in Colombo. “The Rajapaksas simply cannot afford to lose power, so it promises to be a hard-fought campaign.”Via http://www.nytimes.com/…/sri-lanka-presidential-elections.h…