Week in review: March 1– 8
08 Mar 2014, 7:49 PM
Daniel Bosley
This week saw tensions between the Elections Commission (EC) and the Supreme Court rising as the commissioners were hauled before the court once again.
After telling a Majlis committee that the court’s election guidelines were undermining the commission’s work, EC Chair Thowfeek was grilled by the bench before a travel ban was placed on himself and his colleagues.
As well as having their travel restricted, EC members also raised concern that the commission’s budget – in addition to being given piecemeal by the Finance Ministry – was insufficient to conduct the March 22 Majlis poll.
With voter re-registration completed this week, the EC noted that one in four voters intended to vote in places other than their permanent residence.
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