Adhaalath Party blames vote-splitting and bribery for poor elections result
27 Mar 2014, 4:45 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Adhaalath Party has today said that it lost many seats it ought to have won in the Majlis elections due to bribery and undue influence from competing candidates.
“We saw it both from the ruling party and opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) but we really did not want to buy votes – instead we tried to change the way people think,’’ party Spokesperson Ali Zahir told Minivan News.
After fielding 12 candidates in Saturday’s polls, the religious party saw just a single MP elected to the 18th People’s Majlis – Anara Naeem for Makunudhoo constituency in Haa Dhaal atoll.
“It was really sad that a lot of money transactions were involved in it, it was an obstacle to electing the most capable person to the parliament.’’
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