Election body set to obey Supreme Court ruling on lawmakers
The constituencies are those where lawmakers lost their seats after being expelled from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).
11 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
There will be no by-elections for 12 constituencies, the Elections Commission said Sunday, as it appeared to obey a Supreme Court ruling to reinstate lawmakers who were stripped of their seats.
The constituencies are those where lawmakers lost their seats after being expelled from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).
A Supreme Court verdict on February 1 ordered their reinstatement, giving the opposition a majority in parliament.
When asked if the EC was preparing to hold by-elections for the 12 seats, commission member Ahmed Akram told the Maldives Independent: “There has been a Supreme Court ruling after that. So we are not working on a by-election right now.”
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