Court to rule on legal row over nominations for local council elections
The high court is set to rule on whether the elections commission was right to void some 900-candidacy papers and open a call for new nominations ahead of the upcoming local council elections.
22 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM
The high court is set to rule on whether the elections commission was right to void some 900-candidacy papers and open a call for new nominations ahead of the upcoming local council elections.
A first hearing will be held on Tuesday, the Maldivian Democratic Party has said.
“We are hoping it will go well,” said Anas Abdul Sattar, the party’s secretary general.
The commission declared the nominations invalid after the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives won a legal bid to delay the local council elections scheduled for January 14 by two months.
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