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(31 Mar 2004) Feb 26 , 2004 - Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
1. Wide shot soldier guarding election rally of United People's Freedom Alliance, led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga
2. Mid shot crowd
3. Various of President Kumaratunga giving speech at rally
4. Supporters waving flags and cheering
5. Mid shot Kumaratunga with party colleague on podium
6. Wide shot crowd

Nov 19, 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka
7. Various of lawmakers inside Sri Lankan parliament
8. Mid shot PM Ranil Wickremesinghe inside parliament

October 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka
9. Wide shot rally by supporters of President Kumaratunga's alliance
10. Mid shot crowd clapping with hands raised up
11. Pan over crowd clapping

Nov 7, 2003 , Colombo , Sri Lanka
12. Publicity van with speakers and flags
13. Various of Buddhist monks marching
14. Various of supporters of Nationalist Patriotic Movement marching holding Sri Lankan Flags

March 20, 2004 , New Delhi, India
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Prof. S.D.Muni, School of International Studies, Jawahar lal Nehru University:
"It is true that she has taken a gamble...she keeps on reiterating that it is an election forced on her, that she has not really opted for. The problem is that Sri Lankan...the problem lies with Sri Lankan constitution.The constitution which was brought in by the UNP (United National Party) , J.R.Jayawardhane and others, never visualised a situation where President would be from one party and parliament would belong to another party. The problem lies in there. I think she worked out a sort of very uneasy cohabitation for nearly two years or little over one year - and the whole damn thing broke down on the question of certain ministries and all that."

Feb 4 , 2004 , Colombo , Sri Lanka
16. President Kumaratunga arriving for Independence day parade, being greeted by Prime Minister Wickremesinghe
17. Wide shot Independence day event
18. Mid shot Kumaratunga talking to Wickremesinghe
19. Military tanks at parade
20. Kumaratunga taking salute
21. Sri Lankan soldiers marching
22. SOUNDBITE (Sinhalese) Chandrika Kumaratunga , Sri Lankan President:
"I stretch out my hand to all our Tamil brothers and sisters who believed, mistakenly, in the benevolence of Mr Prabhakaran, to reject the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) and the violence and hatred they stand for. You must see the light of peace. I urge you to persuade with every conceivable argument anyone who is a member or a supporter of the LTTE to renounce violence and join us in establishing peace."

Nov 12 , 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka
23.Kumarangatunga meeting Norwegian delegation led by deputy foreign minister of Norway Vidar Helgesen
24. Cutaway cameras
25. Kumaratunga shaking hands with Helgesen

Jan 2004 , Colombo, Sri Lanka
26. Top shot angle Colombo city
27. Mid shot soldier, sea in the background


STORYLINE :

When Sri Lanka goes to polls on April 2 , the vote is expected to be a mandate on the tropical island's quest for peace after two decades of
violent civil war.

But it will also be a verdict on the political future of one of Sri Lanka's most controversial leaders - President Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Her dynastic credentials are impeccable - both her parents had been prime ministers of Sri Lanka - and her mother, Sirimavo Bandaranaike,
was the world's first woman prime minister.

But in these elections she faces one of the toughest challenges to her political career since she came to power as president of Sri Lanka in
1994.


told her supporters to give her party a clear mandate to decide the future of Sri Lanka.



the rebels.












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