02/21/2010
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The Sunday Leader
Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has declared that he will not tolerate the widespread abuse of state property seen during January’s presidential election...
However, despite Dissanayake making a similar order during January’s presidential election, misuse of state resources was unprecedented.
02/21/2010
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The Sunday Leader
The opposition will be divided into two platforms at the forthcoming general election – the UNP led collation of parties that would contest under the UNF and the alliance led by General Sarath Fonseka together with the JVP under the Democratic National Alliance (DNA).
02/07/2010
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The Sunday Leader
EDITORIAL: In a democracy, a thumping majority is expected to result in cool heads among the victors and cold feet among losers. The recent presidential election in Sri Lanka has had the opposite effect with the winners going for the jugulars of the losers and the losers preparing for rearguard action. General Sarath Fonseka is alleged by some leading personalities of the Rajapakse government of planning a military coup against the government and several of his close associates being arrested while the opposition parties within six days after the election, took to the streets and staged a massive demonstration in Colombo’s Hyde Park in protest against what they allege was a rigged election.