Political parties given deadline to re-register members under new fingerprint law
Political party members whose fingerprints are not on file at the elections commission have until October 11 to submit their records under a new law
27 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Political party members whose fingerprint records are not on file at the elections commission are being required to re-register after President Abdulla Yameen signed into law a new bill requiring fingerprinted forms for political party membership.
The amendment to the Political Parties Act threatens to take nearly half of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s members off its registry.
Other parties affected by the law include the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party, the Jumhooree Party and the Adhaalath Party.
The elections commission says it has given parties a re-registration deadline of October 11.
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