Counting continues in the Sri Lankan presidential poll (this election was only for President, challenger and all-but-confirmed President-elect Maithripala Sirisena has pledged to hold parliamentary elections within 100 days).
The latest figures have the challenger Sirisena a little over 400,000 votes in front, with about 52 per cent of the vote.
A senior government official and Rajapaksa ally told The Guardian’s South Asia Correspondent Jason Burke:
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