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Colombo: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Thursday told Sri Lankans that he was the leader that they searched for and openly flaunted his strong Sinhalese-Buddhist roots to say that he was the right man to hold the highest office in the country.
Addressing the nation on the occasion of Sri Lanka’s 73rd Independence Day, Rajapaksa said, “I am a Sinhala Buddhist leader and I will never hesitate to state so. I govern this country in accordance with Buddhist teachings.”
In his traditional President’s address, Rajapaksa, 71, said, “I am the leader that you searched for.” Sri Lanka got independence from British rule February 4, 1948.