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Balanced read: former president elected on reform momentum, with major criticism from Easter-attack accountability findings.

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1 2023-01-12 AP reported Supreme Court accountability findings on Easter attacks. https://apnews.com/article/7fd3bde31d4bffba8999e752e190e64fb Associated Press This is a major accountability reference point and should stay precisely attributed.
2 2015-01-09 Election coverage emphasized anti-incumbent reform coalition momentum. https://www.dw.com/en/introducing-maithripala-sirisena-sri-lankas-new-president/a-18181694 Deutsche Welle His rise reflected broad demand for governance change at that moment.
3 Undated Parliament archives provide official term and office chronology. https://www.parliament.lk/en/heads-of-state?format=pdf&tmpl=component Parliament of Sri Lanka Official tenure records should anchor biography before adding contested interpretations.
4 2023-01-12 Guardian coverage said court ordered compensation over Easter failures. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/12/sri-lanka-ex-president-sirisena-compensate-2019-easter-bombing The Guardian This reinforces accountability pressure from outside official or partisan local framing.
5 2023-01-13 AP reported church calls for criminal prosecution after top-court ruling. https://apnews.com/article/a3beeb9cf317ff752cc16cabe4a41556 Associated Press This keeps the accountability story alive beyond compensation-only narratives.