Sri Lankan gov't plans legal action against opposition candidate
Sarath Fonseka
The government claimed that Fonseka was not eligible to be a candidate as he was not a registered voter.
 "He can't be declared the winner when he is not suitable to be a candidate " Bogollagama stressed.
 Fonseka said he had applied but failed to get his name into the 2008 voter register.
 Bogollagama said the applicable electoral roll in the presidential election was finalized in 2008 and Fonseka was not on that list.
 Dayananda Dissanayaka  the Commissioner of Elections said a candidate need not be a registered voter nor cast his vote in order to be eligible to run for office and thereby Sarath Fonseka is eligible to run for the post.
The government claimed that [TGT] was not eligible to be a candidate as [TGT] was not a registered voter.
 "[TGT] can't be declared the winner when [TGT] is not suitable to be a candidate " Bogollagama stressed.
 [TGT] said [TGT] had applied but failed to get [TGT] name into the 2008 voter register.
 Bogollagama said the applicable electoral roll in the presidential election was finalized in 2008 and [TGT] was not on that list.
 Dayananda Dissanayaka  the Commissioner of Elections said a candidate need not be a registered voter nor cast his vote in order to be eligible to run for office and thereby [TGT] is eligible to run for the post.