COLOMBO : Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa will announce a date for early national elections on Monday, a senior government official said.
“It will be today (Monday),” said the official, on condition of anonymity, referring to the president’s announcment.
Three other government sources confirmed the announcement and said the poll date would most likely be Jan. 23.
Other sources were not sure about the date, which they said would be an auspicious one determined by astrologers.
was first posted on November 23, 2009 at 3:17 pm.
