That is a feat thought impossible under the proportional-representation system adopted in 1978, and speaks of the gratitude of the majority, Sinhala, population for the end of the war.

这要是放到1978年那会儿的比例代表制下，基本上是不可能的事。这事能成，还是拜斯里兰卡的主宰民族——获得内战胜利的僧伽罗人所赐。

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Sri Lanka's system of proportional representation makes the magical two-thirds majority hard to reach.

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