"I should have been the president. I am the people's president."- Fonseka
Charging widespread irregularities took place in the counting process and 1.4 million of his votes were misappropriated, General Sarath Fonseka is quoted as saying , "I should have been the president. I am the people's president," in an AFP report.
Additionally a report on the United National Party website (UNP.lk) says the common opposition candidate is to "launch street protests in the coming weeks" against the “election fraud”.
Full report on the UNP.lk website as follows:
Polls results will be annulled –Gen. Sarath Fonseka
Opposition common Presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka categorically rejected the 2010 Presidential election results as orchestrated and manipulated from the very moment the President said ‘go’ by announcing the Presidential elections January 2010.
The President had flouted all the laws of the country by not implementing the 17th amendment to the constitution – not appointing the independent Commissions including the Elections Commission, the Police commission and the public service Commission which are imperative for a fair and free election. Indeed the President in these circumstances , by taking the law into his hands disregarding the rule of law and the constitution has not presented even himself from a legal substratum. Therefore , in that context , the whole edifice from the legal point of view has collapsed . It is better, the President if he has such a maniacal greed for power, instead of holding foul elections simply declared himself as the self proclaimed President without wasting colossal amounts of people’s money on the elections. This election was not a fair and free election at all , he emphasized.
Gen. Fonseka has sent a letter to the Elections Commissioner not to declare the final results officially until the legal proceedings filed are over. He alleged that he received more than 5 million votes though the Govt. announcement said, he secured only 4.1 million votes.
The Govt. has called back the 70 security personnel he was provided with . He said the Govt. is deliberately laying him bare to dangers to his life. He has sought the support of the International community for his safety .
While thanking all those who supported him braving all odds and coming forward fearlessly to exercise their franchise despite the Govt. intimidations and murderous activities .He added, street protests will be launched against this election fraud in the coming weeks.
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The prognosis of post Election Fonseka does not look good at all.He is now not even a citizen Fonseka.
As I commented in an earlier posting in Tamilweek, Ranil and Hakeem have dropped their buddy like a hot potato.Sampathan and even Mangala are not to be seen Only Mano and Soma are crying foul.
The recent comments of the media sopkesperson for the ministry of defence that Fonseka and a group of army deserters were planning to assasinate the President is serious stuff.
The planning was done in the Colombo hotel that was surrounded by the Army.There were seventy people in the hotel and ten were taken into custody. However we have to wait until the proper legal investgations are conducted to ascertain their validity.
But the Australian High Commission in Colombo, must explain to the seven million Srilankans, who voted for the President, the role of the high ranking Liberal Party official who was with the Fonseka gang ,holed up in the Hotel, after the election.