Sri Lanka#39;s strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa to take oath of PM for 4th time on August 9

The 74-year-old Sri Lanka People#39;s Party (SLPP) leader, who polled over 500,000 individual preference votes -- the highest ever recorded by a candidate in the history of elections -- will take the oath of office for the ninth Parliament at the sacred Rajamaha Viharaya in Kelaniya, a north Colombo suburb, according to an official statement.