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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7647479" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Sri Lankan government has approved lifting the two-term limit for  presidents in a move that would allow incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse to run  for office again, an official in Colombo said yesterday.Rajapakse,  64, came to power in 2005 and has increased his firm grip on power since  defeating the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year after  nearly four decades of bloody ethnic conflict.The president’s family  hold key positions on the island, with three brothers taking the roles  of defence secretary, Speaker of parliament and economic development  minister. His son was also elected to parliament in April.The  cabinet endorsed the statute change on Wednesday, a spokesman for the  government information department said.“These proposals are to be  brought before parliament as an urgent bill,” he said, adding that the  Supreme Court would be asked to decide on their constitutionality.Rajapakse’s  second term ends in November 2016 and the existing laws prevent him  from running for office again.His United People’s Freedom Alliance  won 144 seats in the 225-member parliament at April elections, but has  the support of opposition defectors to secure the two-thirds majority  needed to approve the proposed amendments.<a href="http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/asia-pacific/13325-Sri-Lanka-moves-allow-president-run-again.html" target="_blank">macaudailytimes</a></blockquote>

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