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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mag123" data-source="post: 18840534" data-attributes="member: 73975"><a href="http://time.com/4001167/rajapaksa-election-defeat-sirisena-president-prime-minister/" target="_blank">http://time.com/4001167/rajapaksa-election-defeat-sirisena-president-prime-minister/</a>Rajapaksa had been <a href="http://time.com/3942873/sri-lanka-president-comeback-rajapaksa/" target="_blank">plotting a political comeback</a> ever since he was dealt a <a href="http://time.com/3661002/sri-lanka-rajapaksa-defeat-sirisena-election/" target="_blank">shock defeat</a>  in the midterm presidential election he called earlier this year,  losing to former ally Maithripala Sirisena to end to his decade-long  tenure at the country’s helm. Sirisena decided soon after to <a href="http://time.com/3814842/sri-lanka-war-crimes-parliament-maithripala-sirisena/" target="_blank">dissolve the parliament</a>  and hold fresh elections — the conduct of which on Monday was hailed as  one of the most peaceful that the island nation has seen in recent  years — with Rajapaksa eying a return to political power as Prime  Minister even as an investigation into alleged corruption during his  tenure as president as well as <a href="http://time.com/3992042/sri-lanka-rugby-player-wasim-thajudeen-yoshitha-rajapaksa/" target="_blank">murder allegations</a> against his son continue to swirl.</blockquote>

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