An election dispute became public in Sri Lanka within five hours after voting ended in the country's presidential election. The Sri Lankan government announced plans to take legal action to cancel the candidacy of former military chief Sarath Fonseka. He and President Mahinda Rajapaksa are the two major candidates in the election. Both men have been praised as war heroes for the victory last year over the Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka's foreign minister said the former military chief could not be elected because he did not register to vote in the election.