He (Mr Rajapaksa) was publicly lamenting that he was to be taken before a war crimes court and executed on an electric chair. The people who voted me against him have prevented that

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday claimed that his victory in the elections saved his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa from being hauled before an international war crimes court, quoted on The Asian Age, "Maithripala Sirisena: Saved Mahinda Rajapaksa from war crimes court", February 14, 2016.