If politics was a boxing match, it would be totally wrong to say that President Mahinda Rajapakse was knocked down to the mat, it would be even incorrect to claim that he was thrown against the ropes but it would be correct to claim that he paused and perhaps even took a step back in the pursuit of removing the constitutional restrictions on his ability to hold the office of the presidency indefinitely. It was the first political pause or set back, post war and post elections, for President Mahinda Rajapakse.

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