Elections Commission declares unable to conduct “free and fair vote” on Sept 28, as police surround building
27 Sep 2013, 9:59 PM
Additional reporting by Leah Malone, Mohamed Naahii and Zaheena Rasheed
Special Operations Police have surrounded the Elections Commission (EC) secretariat with orders from Police Commissioner Abdulla Riyaz to take over the building and ballot papers should it proceed with holding an election on Saturday.
The Commissioner’s order follows the EC’s insistence yesterday that it was constitutionally mandated to hold the run-off within 21 days of the first round, in spite of an order from the Supreme Court to suspend the election indefinitely.
Elections Commission Fuwad Thowfeek told Minivan News “We will not be able to hold elections without support from the police. The police will stop any election preparation activity.”
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