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      <text>The entire cabinet for Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in the country. </text>
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    <text>The entire cabinet of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in Sri Lanka. </text>
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    <text>Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as prime minister, effectively ending the constitutional crisis. </text>
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    <text> A seven-bench Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Sirisena's dissolution of Parliament on 9 November 2018 was unconstitutional. </text>
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    <text>Lawmakers opposed to Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister win a vote for control of a new 13-member parliamentary main committee. </text>
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    <text>The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka reverses President Maithripala Sirisena's decisions to dissolve Parliament and to hold snap elections. </text>
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    <text>The opposition SLPP (Rajapaksa) wins 44.65% of the vote, the ruling coalition parties UNP (Wickremesinghe) and UPFA (Sirisena) gather 32.63% and 8.94% respectively. Rosy Senanayake (UNP) becomes the first female mayor of the capital Colombo. </text>
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    <text>The President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena reinstates former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake who had been sacked by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. </text>
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    <text>The new Sri Lankan government announces that it will investigate allegations of a coup attempt by Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a bid to retain power after being defeated at the polls. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2015/01/8/voters-in-sri-lanka-go-to-the-polls-for-a-presidential-election-with-a-tight-contest-predicted-between-president-mahinda</slug>
    <text>Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls for a presidential election with a tight contest predicted between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and challenger Maithripala Sirisena. </text>
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    <text>Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is removed from office by President Mahinda Rajapaksa after being impeached. </text>
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  <text>Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat to Maithripala Sirisena. </text>
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