Sri Lanka votes: Record number of candidates in presidential election
A record 38 candidates are contesting Sri Lanka’s Presidential election.
Only 3 are seen as serious contenders the incumbent president, the Opposition leader and a man who leads a party that launched two uprisings against the state in the 1970s and 80s.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez takes a closer look at the candidates running for president.
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