Sri Lankan President Vows to Retaliate for Her Assassination Attempt

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Sri Lankan President Vows to Retaliate for Her Assassination Attempt

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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has accused the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of attempting to assassinate her and vowed to hit back by killing 500 before she dies, the weekly Sunday Times said.

"If they hit me I will hit back. If they come to attack me I will use the powers at my command. If they come to kill me, I will kill 500 before dying," Kumaratunga was quoted as saying.

Kumaratunga made the remark at a ceremony marking the 19th death anniversary of a party stalwart in the central district of Kandy on Friday.

Earlier this week, the government presented a constitutional amendment to parliament seeking to curb the president's executive powers to dissolve parliament one year after the Dec. 5 parliamentary elections last year.

The co-habitation government with Kumaratunga lacks the two-thirds majority in parliament necessary to adopt the amendment aimed at forestall the dissolving of the parliament by the president.

Kumaratunga, whose People's Alliance was defeated by Wickremesinghe's United National Party in the Dec. 5 parliamentary elections last year, will remain in power until 2005.

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