COLOMBO (News 1st): Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated his plans to contest for the Presidential elections.

Speaking with the Al-Jazeera news agency, he commented that following the April 21st terror attack that he became more determined to contest the elections. Rajapaksa added that he had planned to contest for a long time which led him to remove his American citizenship.

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