Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap parliamentary polls in his inaugural statement as new Sri Lanka prime minister

Mahinda Rajapaksa's return to power ended a more than three-year-old coalition government that was formed by Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe on a promise to combat corruption and financial irregularities.

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