Elections body defends refusal to endorse PPM congress
The PPM asked the High Court to order the Elections Commission to recognise its new leadership.
05 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
The Elections Commission has asked the High Court to support its decision not to recognise the “unlawful” congress of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives in September.
The extraordinary congress was held days after President Abdulla Yameen’s election defeat and he was elected the PPM’s president along with four deputies.
But the electoral body refused to endorse the decisions, prompting the PPM to seek a court order to compel the EC to recognise its new leadership as duly elected.
At the first hearing Monday afternoon, EC lawyer Riffath Abdulla cited several irregularities, including non-members acting as delegations at the congress.
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