SACRAMENTO, California Republic -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) today demanded that the Bogotic North Pole be moved from his capital Sacramento to Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte (SJ-K), Sri Lanka (ICBM Locator: Latitude = 6.903N, Longitude = 79.908E, Elevation = 35 m). Sacramento was declared Bogotic North after the 2003 recall circus in which Schwarzenegger was brought to power. Tallahassee, Florida previously held the dubious honor after the hanging chad fiasco of 2000, engineered by then Secretary of State, Katherine Harris (R). The Bogotic North Pole should not be confused with the Magnetic North Pole and the Geographic North Pole (also known as True North).

Schwarzenegger said he would be issuing a show cause notice to SJ-K as to why it should not be declared Bogotic North in light of recent electoral buffoonery of pachydermal proportions. Schwarzenegger alleged that this latest debacle was of far greater magnitude than both Florida and California combined. He further alleged that the Parliament of Sri Lanka, situated in SJ-K was located in a specially-designed containment pond to dampen the critical mass of bogosity generated during its sessions. This evidence in itself, he stated would be sufficient to justify his case. The Parliament of Sri Lanka was in a hung state and not available for comment.

Schwarzenegger's move was widely received by the scientific community, who believed it was about time the bogosity of SJ-K was internationally recognized. Experts, meanwhile, confirmed that the late visionary architect Geoffrey Bawa knew what he was doing when he decided to place parliament in the middle of a lake. It was the general opinion that more parliaments should be surrounded by water with the option of Complete Submersion on Demand (CSoD). Lawmakers are, however, expected to protest this latest opinion as environmentally unsound practice. Analysts dismissed these concerns saying the methane emissions from most parliaments are a greater threat, considering the contribution to global warming.