Sri Lanka’s national newspapers carried a United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) election advertisement associating Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena with the party.
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The election poster advert carried a picture of Sirisena above a caption that read,
“Victory certain for UPFA – Assurance for future – a Maithri rule.”
The news comes after Mr Sirisena earlier announced that he would remain impartial during the election campaign, reports the Sri Lanka Mirror.
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