Sri Lankan Elections Tainted?

(12 May 08 -RV) Sri Lanka's opposition said today it would launch a mass campaign calling on the government to restore democracy in the island nation after tense Eastern Province elections that it says were tainted by vote tampering and intimidation.

Sri  Lanka's president  yesterday hailed his party's election win as a mandate to push ahead with the war against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.

Archbishop Oswald Gomez from the Archdiocese of Colombo says that while the Government is claiming victory, it remains for the courts to decide whether the election was valid….