Wanted: Sri Lankan Leader for Capitalists, Kim Jong-Il Fans
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To oust Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, opposition parties are working to pick a candidate who can please free-market capitalists, Tamil separatists and admirers of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
Rajapaksa’s opponents may agree on a common challenger as soon as today, according to Arjuna Ranatunga, a lawmaker with the Democratic National Alliance, one of three major opposition groups. Rajapaksa, in power since 2005, yesterday called an early election with two years left on his presidential term after his party struggled to win recent by-elections.