Elections Commission calls for run-off to go ahead as constitutionally scheduled
26 Sep 2013, 9:20 PM
Minivan News
Elections Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek has told Minivan News that the second round of the presidential elections will go ahead as scheduled on Saturday.
“We will uphold the constitution and hold the election on the 28th,” said Thowfeek.
Article 111 of the constitution mandates a run-off election within 21 days of a first round of polling if no candidate gains more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round.
The decision comes despite a Supreme Court ruling on Monday (September 23) ordering all state institutions to delay preparations for the poll until it issues a verdict in a case filed against the EC by the Jumhooree Party (JP), seeking to annul the first round in which it narrowly placed third.
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