04-03-2004, 05:10 PM
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Vote rigging halts Sri Lanka poll</span>
From correspondents in Colombo
April 3, 2004
SRI Lanka's final election results could be held up for a week pending a fresh poll in two areas affected by vote rigging, a top election official said.
Deputy Commissioner K Senanayake said the vote at booths in two districts was annulled following reports of irregularities, which would now lead to a fresh poll.
"The earliest we can have a fresh election is within a week," Senanayake said.
"We will not release the district results in respect of those two areas as well as the final all-island result."
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...55E1702,00.html
From correspondents in Colombo
April 3, 2004
SRI Lanka's final election results could be held up for a week pending a fresh poll in two areas affected by vote rigging, a top election official said.
Deputy Commissioner K Senanayake said the vote at booths in two districts was annulled following reports of irregularities, which would now lead to a fresh poll.
"The earliest we can have a fresh election is within a week," Senanayake said.
"We will not release the district results in respect of those two areas as well as the final all-island result."
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...55E1702,00.html
Truth 'll prevail