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Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National party launched a massive protest (Satyagraha) today demanding to nullify the results from the January 26th presidential elections.
The protest organized by the constituent parties and leaders of the opposition alliance United National Front blocked several streets in Colombo snarling the evening commuter traffic.
The opposition claims that the January 26th presidential election results were rigged and manipulated by the government systematically robbing the victory of their candidate General Sarath Fonseka.
The incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the election with a majority of 18 percent equivalent to nearly 2 million votes over the opposition candidate.
The Election Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake this morning vehemently rejected the opposition claims that any vote rigging or manipulation took place.
The Commissioner said he was fully satisfied with the voting and counting procedures but was not happy with the violations of election laws during the campaign.
The party says the campaign aimed at demonstrating against the election malpractices, frauds, violations of election laws, vote rigging and manipulated election results, will be carried out indefinitely until the true results are made known to the public.
The protesters marched through the streets and held a rally at the Hyde Park. The police have deployed riot squads ready to arrest anyone disrupting the peace.
Some political analysts in the country say they see a foreign hand behind the opposition's moves. They are of the view that Western forces are supporting the opposition to create the agitations similar to events in Iran following its election to demonstrate that Sri Lanka is politically unstable under the Rajapaksa regime.
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