Deputy elections chief faces second sexual harassment complaint
Amjad Musthafa is alleged to have insisted on sleeping in the same room as two female employees.
30 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
The deputy elections chief insisted on sleeping in the same room as two female employees during a work trip to Afghanistan saying he was scared, as a second complaint of sexual harassment against him emerged.
The complaint, filed on October 12, 2017, was taken in the presence of three members of the Elections Commission’s harassment committee. It concerns Amjad Musthafa, who is the subject of a police investigation after being accused of sexual harassment.
Musthafa would have been in Kabul late September for a meeting of regional election bodies. He was the chairman of the FEMBOSA conference.
“The first night, while we were near the VP’s [Musthafa’s] room to write the opening speech, VP said he saw a shadow near the other door,” reads the complaint, a copy of which has been seen by the Maldives Independent. “Then he said he was afraid to sleep alone that night.
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