{"id":149325,"date":"2015-08-19T17:37:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=149325"},"modified":"2015-08-23T03:08:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T21:38:17","slug":"i-will-continue-to-engage-in-politics-kurunegala-mp-mahinda-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/i-will-continue-to-engage-in-politics-kurunegala-mp-mahinda-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"I Will Continue To Engage In Politics: Kurunegala MP Mahinda Rajapaksa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I accept with humility, the result of the parliamentary election that just concluded and I thank the voters who placed their confidence in our party despite the unprecedented obstacles that we had to face. \u00a0I also wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the activists and the people&#8217;s representatives of our party who worked indefatigably in the election campaign. 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