Ban Ki-moon declares election free and fair

Mendaka Abeysekera Our US Correspondent

Not heeding the JVP’s open call for UN intervention, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ignored the opposition’s allegation that the results of the presidential election were rigged.
Associate spokesman Farhan Haq said that Ban Ki-moon had not changed his position with regard to the presidential election results. “He is relieved” Haq told the media.
It is learned that the UN Secretary General ignored allegations that the election results had been tampered with.
After the elections, Ban Ki-moon told the media, he was relieved that the election appears to have been relatively peaceful, despite some incidents.
During that media briefing, a journalist pointed out that opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka was challenging the election results but Ban Ki-moon ignored the question and did not respond.