Opposition Candidate Maithrepala Sirisena Announces Election Manifesto

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - DECEMBER 19: Sri Lankan traditional dancers pray front of the opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisenafs cutout during the launch opposition election manifesto at the Vihara Maha Devi Park on December 19, 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Maithrepala Sirisen was the former Health Minister in the President Mahinda Rajapaksa government and General-Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). Sirisen is the main opposition candidate for the upcoming Presidential election, which will be held on January 8 2015, two years ahead of schedule. Nineteen candidates are contesting to become the seventh President of Sri Lanka. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)