UNP says the elections commissioner has made confusing statements within days of the recently concluded presidential elections

United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara told journalists that the statements given by the commissioner immediately after the elections were contradicted by him within few days.

"This is very serious. Now the commissioner's out of depression but we are having a depression in understanding this," he said.

However, the EC says that he is totally satisfied with the electoral process in the presidential election where President Mahinda Rajapaksa was declared the winner.

Speaking to journalists in Colombo on Wednesday Dayananda Dissanayaka said, "I am totally satisfied with the voting and counting."

Government rejects

While declaring the result on 27 January the Commissioner has said that he was under immense pressure during the election and he was seeking retirement.

	Minister says opposition leader intially admitted defeat

Main opposition candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka, has rejected the result.

The voting cards allegedly found dumped in Rathnapura will be tabled in the parliament, the UNP parliamentarian said, and the opposition is to file a petition in the Supreme Court against the result.

The government however had rejected allegations of vote rigging by the opposition parties.

Media minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa told journalists in Colombo accused the leaders of the opposition coalition of changing their policy after initially accepting the result.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa

"Even Ranil Wickramasinghe told journalists that he accepts the result," he said.

The government did not want to counter the opposition allegations until the commissioner made a statement, the minister added.

Yoshitha has not right to do politics. If politics is banned for military and police officers that is also valid even to president's son Dayasiri Jayasekara

Dayasiri Jayasekara, MP, also challenged the government to dismiss the younger son of the president, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, if the government is dismissing military officials for engaging in politics.

Yoshitha, a Sri Lanka navy (SLN), officer has attended political meetings organised by his brother, Namal, Mr. Jayasekara said.

"Yoshitha has no right to do politics. If politics is banned for military and police officers that is also valid even for the president's son," he said.

However, director general of Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) Laxman Hulugalle earlier told BBC Sandeshaya that Yoshitha Rajapaksa, though a naval officer, has a right to answer the accusations against him as his name was mentioned in opposition election campaign.