The petition alleges that the commissioner of elections was not able to secure an accurate counting of votes at the presidential election held on January 26.
A petition has been filed in the Sri Lanka's Supreme Court by New Democratic Front (NDF) challenging the election of president Mahinda Rajapaksa, alleging that there had been widespread discrepancies in the vote count.
The petition was filed yesterday by Shyamila Perea, the general secretary of the NDF under which defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka contested the January elections against incumbent Rajapaksa.
The NDF, comprised of many opposition parties, has named election commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake and the attorney general in the petition.
The petition said the sovereignty guaranteed in the country's constitution had been violated due to the actions of the Commissioner of Elections.
It said the public right to equality before the law has been violated due to the "illegal acts" that took place while counting the votes.
The petition alleged that the commissioner of elections was not able to secure an accurate counting of votes at the presidential election on January 26.
Perera said in the petition that the result of the presidential elections was subjected to computer fraud when it was transferred through email.
The incidents, circumstances and whole election procedure from counting to declaration of the result manifested flagrant transgression of the due process, it said.
The petitioner has requested the court to make an interim order for a recount of the votes cast in Ratnapura, Matale, Puttalam and Anuradhapura districts.
The petition calls for a scrutiny of the ballots with counter-foils of ballot books to confirm the serial numbers of ballot papers.
A scrutiny has been asked of counter-foils of the ballot books to check whether electoral lists or identity card numbers were entered, local media reports said.
The petitioner has also requested a scrutiny of temporary identity cards entered at each polling booth, it said.
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