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              for consensusA large majority of Sri Lankans are calling for a consensus between 
              President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the Ranil Wickremesinghe government 
              on the peace process and economic development, an opinion poll has 
              revealed.
  The 
              poll conducted by the Org-Marg Smart among people of all races, 
              religions, age groups and social strata showed that about 57 percent 
              of the people were satisfied with the state of the country after 
              the ceasefire and the peace process. The poll conducted among some 
              2000 people also showed that about 50 percent of the people were 
              satisfied with the way the peace process was being conducted.  On 
              the economic front, the poll showed that except for the people of 
              the Northeast, the people at the grassroots level had not yet felt 
              the economic turnaround that the country had seen at the macro level. 
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