This opinion piece originally appeared in Global Post (www.globalpost.com) on April 10, 2010.
Editor's note: The author, a scholar and member of Lanka Solidarity, has chosen to write anonymously for security purposes.
On April 9th, the governing coalition, United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), claimed to win a majority of parliamentary seats in the general election on April 8. But their stated victory is not without loss.
