Blagojevich appointee rejected for senate seat

ROLAND Burris announced yesterday he was rejected for Barack Obama’s senate seat, in a bizarre scene on the capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gavelling of the 111th Congress into session.

Burris, 71, told reporters he had been informed “my credentials are not in order and will not be accepted”.

The former Illinois attorney general said he was “not seeking to have any type of confrontation” over taking the seat that he was appointed to by embattled Governor Rod Blagojevich.