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By V.S. Sambandan
Asserting that "this was as good time as any" to face the polls, the Cabinet spokesman, G.L. Peiris, told reporters here today: "We have absolutely no doubt that the people will endorse what we have been doing and we have no problems going before the people." The UNF administration, with 114 seats in the 225-member House, says it has the "unqualified support" of 130 MPs. As Sri Lanka's proportionate representation system makes it difficult for any single party to get an absolute majority, a fresh poll is unlikely to give any formation the two-thirds majority required to amend the island's unitary constitution. Moreover, under the Constitution, the power to call elections is vested in the Executive President, who is the head of state, head of Government, head of Cabinet and Commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Uncertainty over the life of Parliament has hung like a Sword of Damocles over the UNF administration since December 2002, when it completed one year in office.
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