COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s opposition candidate says he will challenge reported results showing the president has won re-election.
In a letter to the election commission, Sarath Fonseka said Wednesday that the results showing President Mahinda Rajapaksa won 58 percent of the vote were not valid.
He said he would begin legal proceedings to have them annulled.
State television said Rajapaksa won a commanding victory over his former army chief after a hard-fought election campaign.