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Sri Lanka president says undecided whether to run in upcoming poll

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena (Photo by Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

By: LekshmiSajeev

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday (31) that he had not decided on seeking another term in an election that is due by year-end.

“I am not in a hurry to decide whether to stand,” Sirisena told a news conference in New Delhi, a day after attending Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony.

Sirisena has faced criticism over his leadership after a string of deadly suicide bombings killed more than 250 people in the island nation on April 21.

Reuters

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