国际英语资讯:Sri Lankas presidential elections to be held on Nov. 16
<p><span word="COLOMBO">COLOMBO</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 18-- <span word="Sri">Sri</span> <span word="Lanka">Lanka</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Elections">Elections</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 16.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="incumbent">incumbent</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="ends">ends</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="gazette">gazette</span> <span word="notification">notification</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Elections">Elections</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="nominations">nominations</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 7.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Mahinda">Mahinda</span> <span word="Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="brother">brother</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="defense">defense</span> <span word="secretary">secretary</span> <span word="Gotabaya">Gotabaya</span> <span word="Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span>.</p><p><span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Ranil">Ranil</span> <span word="Wickremesinghe">Wickremesinghe</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> (<span word="UNP">UNP</span>) <span word="will">will</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="UNP">UNP</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Akila">Akila</span> <span word="Viraj">Viraj</span> <span word="Kariyawasam">Kariyawasam</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="Janatha">Janatha</span> <span word="Vimukthi">Vimukthi</span> <span word="Peramuna">Peramuna</span> (<span word="JVP">JVP</span>) <span word="has">has</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="Anura">Anura</span> <span word="Kumara">Kumara</span> <span word="Dissanayake">Dissanayake</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="JVP">JVP</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span>.</p><p><span word="Elections">Elections</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="quoted">quoted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="reports">reports</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> 18 <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="polls">polls</span>.</p>
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