36 presidential candidates now in the running

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Colombo, August 13 (Daily Mirror) - Four more candidates including Namal Rajapaksha from the Samabima Party placed cash deposits for the upcoming Presidential election today (13) pushing the total number of candidates to 36.

According to the Election Commission, the candidates who placed deposits today are Dilith Jayaweera, Nuwan Bopage, Namal Rajapaksha from the Samabima Party and Chaminda Anuruddha.

Other prominent candidates include President Ranil Wickremesinghe, former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Sajith Premadasa of the ‘Samagi Jana Balawegaya’, Sarath Fonseka (Independent candidate) and Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the National People’s Power.

The Election Commission officially announced that the Presidential election will be held on September 21.

Comments - 20

Volker Metzger Tuesday, 13 August 2024 08:36 PM

Gold medal!!! With 36 presidential candidates, Sri Lanka has achieved an outstanding 1st place in the "world tournament of the grotesque" in politics!!! No other country has been able to field such a large number of useless people seeking their own personal advantage as this small island state in the Indian Ocean!!!

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Ft Tuesday, 13 August 2024 08:55 PM

Wow wait my grandma is also enlisting tomorrow to make it 37 and counting.....

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ama Wednesday, 14 August 2024 07:29 AM

Tomorrow (15th) is the NOMINATION day. So, tell her to place the Deposit today

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Dee Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:06 PM

Ok let’s make it 40 so that the ballot would be a ‘scroll’. So many symbols. Might have to study the paper for a while. It will be like a MCQ exam.

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joshua Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:34 PM

Dilith will get the votes from his family

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Earth citizen Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:44 PM

Disaster!!!! this 36 x 200m per person who's going to pay? this system need to change, otherwise one day number will rise unexpected level and all the cost has to bear the SL poor citizen's pocket, how sad is that? way they are handling this election and using proxy candidates can imaging what they are doing to this country for their greedy power. they don't care about cost and spend any cost from SL tax payers money to reach their target, open your mind and think!

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LORD A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES TO WIPE OUT THE PRESENT CORRUPT GOVT AND BRING IN A TRUE LEADER WHO WILL FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY/THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:51 PM

WHAT WE NOW SEE IS INTERNAL FORCES HAVE HATCHED A PLAN TO TOTALLY CONFUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WITH 36 SYMBOLS, WHAT A JOKE SRI LANKA CAN GET INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS FOR THE FIRST SMALL ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN TO HAVE 36 CANDIDATES CONTECT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS LOL. RESULT ON 21ST ANURA OR SAJITH DECLARED PRESIDENT OR PEOPLES POWER ON THE STREETS AND AFTER THE FAKE PERSONS WHO CAME IN BY PROXY

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Lord Kent Tuesday, 13 August 2024 10:16 PM

Why not just put all our names in a hat and pull one out.

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Patcitz Tuesday, 13 August 2024 11:33 PM

Elections Commissioner, an American Slave, should take action to stop this non-sense, a name resembles Namal Rajapaksha from Samabima Party is a real misleading attempt of Ranil's ,mean attempt to ROB son of the President His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa' son Namal Rajapaksa' votes.

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KANDDHUHARALALAGA SURESH ATHULA OLAGAMA Wednesday, 14 August 2024 01:26 PM

He contested Last time in 2019 ... and received 9000..... but yes, this nonsense has to end, they need to increase the Deposit to at least 5 Mill....

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wickrama Wijayasiri Wednesday, 14 August 2024 01:07 AM

What a bunch of egotistical jokers without the power of reasoning. They are either delusional or live in their own worlds where they are the kings :-)

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saman Wednesday, 14 August 2024 01:21 AM

The deposit must be increased to stop this nonsense

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Sen Rajapaksha Wednesday, 14 August 2024 04:10 AM

wow! one candidate every 500,000 voters

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Smh Wednesday, 14 August 2024 07:52 AM

Sri Lanka breaking records as usual!

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KD Wednesday, 14 August 2024 08:14 AM

its good. its a sign of a healthy democracy

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Misuse of State Funds Wednesday, 14 August 2024 08:15 AM

It's time the law is changed to fine all applications ranking below 6 in the elections to pay a fine of Rs.100 million each towards the election expenses. If not serve 10 years of jail time.

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Terrence K Wednesday, 14 August 2024 08:30 AM

Samabima party represented by Namal is new. Maybe Ranil has crushed the Pottuwa and the outcome is discarding the Pottuwa as it has chosen Prostitution by the legislators of this party. Have a resting period of 5 years to check the Bima will be acceptable next time!!!!!

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Sena Wednesday, 14 August 2024 09:35 AM

No doubt a deliberate ploy to overwhelm the voters with too many choices.

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Mohamed Adham Wednesday, 14 August 2024 09:57 AM

Confusion tactics.

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Citizen of wonder land Wednesday, 14 August 2024 10:01 AM

36 is very low number for big countries like Srilanka. You have to go big on everything, for example parliament seats, cabinet size, borrowing loans, corruption, etc

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