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Citizens’ group quizzes candidates
The Citizens’ Movement for Good Governance (CIMOGG) has appealed to the two main Presidential contenders -- Premier Mahinda Rajapakse and Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe -- to answer a questionnaire to help people identify who would be the true leader to govern the country. CIMOGG asks

whether the two candidates would relinquish all positions they currently hold in their political party on the assumption of office as the President of this country so as to serve as a national leader and trustee of all the people
“Will you take appropriate steps to remove the immunity from prosecution enjoyed by the President and be open to legal scrutiny of your actions as a way of raising public confidence in the Executive Presidency” the questionnaire asked.

“Will you hold a referendum within six months of assuming office to honour the commitment undertaken at the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord to determine whether the people of the Eastern Province wish a merger with the Northern Province, given that the ground situation had allowed the conducting of Parliamentary and Presidential elections during the past few years,” was another question CIMOGG asked.

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