High Court orders EC to delay announcing official results of Kela
17 Feb 2011, 12:57 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The High Court of the Maldives has issued an injunction on the announcement of official results of Haa Alifu Atoll Kela ballot box number A05.06.01, after a case was filed in High Court alleging that the Elections Commission had violated the Elections Act and the Elections Commission Act.
The Court said that if the official results of the H.A Kela Atoll and Island Council were announced, it could violate the rights of several citizens and requested the announcement of ballots be delayed until the court ordered otherwise. The High Court did not reveal who filed the case in the court.
Major disruption to voting occurred on the island of approximately 2200 people, when clashes between islanders, police and election officials forced authorities to evacuate the ballot box to Hanimadhoo.
“Officials were a little slow with the voting and as result of several small hiccups, we heard that there were too many people still waiting to vote (by the 4pm deadline),” Vice President of the Elections Commission Ahmed Fayaz Hassan told Minivan News at the time.
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