Even as the defeated opposition Presidential Candidate Retired General Sarath Fonseka today moved a petition at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court challenging the victory of the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the just concluded election, the Commonwealth released its report ruling that election day was by and large peaceful and free.The report by a group of Commonwealth observers did point out that even though on the day of the election voters were free to express their will, there were shortcomings in the run up to the poll. It maintained the election process did not fully meet key benchmarks for democratic elections.It commended the Commissioner of Elections and his staff across the country for putting in the administrative arrangements for voting and counting to ensure Sri Lankans were able to cast their ballots. A team of Commonwealth experts were there in the island nation to monitor the 26th January election on invitation of the Sri Lanka.Meanwhile, EU Member States on Monday decided to temporarily withdraw after a period of six months what is popularly known as GSP Plus tariff concessions. The loss would mean withdrawal of nearly 100 million USD impacting directly one lakh workers mainly in the apparel sector on the ground that Sri Lanka did not adhere to some of the international laws in its war against the LTTE and other issues.Responding to the announcement Sri Lanka Government pointed out to the turbulent situation prevailing in the island nation due to war and hoped to continue its dialogue with EU for continuation of the concessions.