The recently concluded general election was not free and fair, the National Organisations Collective said.

Its member Gevindu Kumaratunga said that there were newspaper reports on front pages saying that Mahinda Rajapaksa will not be appointed Prime Minister even if the UPFA won the election.

Even the Elections Commissioner did not have time to respond to this since it happened on the verge of the election, Kumaratunga said.

Despite this situation, a strong opposition has been formed in parliament, he argued.