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Violence has punctuated the campaign. Election monitors have counted more than 100 episodes of violence involving firearms. At least five people have been killed.General Fonseka has struggled to find his footing as a politician. In speeches his clipped delivery is that of a man accustomed to giving orders, not asking for votes.¡°The country in Gucci Totesthe future will be free of corruption,¡± he commanded from the stage at a rally in the southern coastal town of Kalutara. ¡°Democracy will be restored. Your children Gucci Hoboswill have a bright future.¡±For many of the general¡¯s supporters, the concern is more a matter of ousting Mr. Rajapaksa.¡°He has constructed a power center that is controlled only by his family,¡± said Japudaya Nagoda Kanutara, a 47-year-old supermarket clerk who votedGucci Wristlet for Mr. Rajapaksa in 2005. ¡°At that time we only wanted to end the war, but after that sacrifice we feel we are getting nothing. Sri Lanka needs a change.¡±