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Sri Lanka opposition warns of poll violence
Sri Lanka Unrest
AFP, Jan 24. COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's opposition warned on Saturday of possible vote-rigging and violence by the ruling party in next week's presidential election as both sides wound up campaigning. Ahead of final campaign rallies later on Saturday, opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka predicted that the ruling party, led by President Mahinda Rajapakse, would use violence to intimidate his supporters in Tuesday's vote. "They want to create violence and discourage people from voting. A lower turnout will help rigging," he told reporters, adding he expected fake voters and forged ballot papers to also be used. In the run-up to the poll, police say at least four people have been killed and hundreds wounded in clashes between rival supporters. The house of an influential opposition figure was bombed on Friday.
Supporters of former military chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka and Sri Lankan presidential candidate of the common opposition are searched by police officers as they arrive for an election campaign rally in Negambo, 28 kilometers (17 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. The Jan. 26 presidential election pits President Mahinda Rajapaksa against Fonseka, both men regarded as architects of the government's victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels last May.
