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Aye for consensus
A large majority of Sri Lankans are calling for a consensus between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the Ranil Wickremesinghe government on the peace process and economic development, an opinion poll has revealed.

The poll conducted by the Org-Marg Smart among people of all races, religions, age groups and social strata showed that about 57 percent of the people were satisfied with the state of the country after the ceasefire and the peace process. The poll conducted among some 2000 people also showed that about 50 percent of the people were satisfied with the way the peace process was being conducted.

On the economic front, the poll showed that except for the people of the Northeast, the people at the grassroots level had not yet felt the economic turnaround that the country had seen at the macro level.

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