High fines and prison sentences as High Court concludes 33 elections cases
20 Mar 2011, 10:42 AM
Ahmed Nazeer
The High Court of the Maldives has concluded all 33 cases concerning elections and has delivered verdicts on the cases.
The High Court said it has fined eight candidates who ran for the Local Councils Elections Rf 20,000 (US$1556) for giving false information to the Elections Commissions (EC).
Seven candidates who ran for the Local Councils Elections were fined Rf 12,000 ((US$933) for running as a candidate when “the court found that they had unpaid decreed debts, which makes the person ineligible for running as a candidate,” said the High Court.
One person was sentenced to one year imprisonment for obstructing the elections, said the High Court, while another person who filmed his vote was fined Rf 12,000 (US$933).
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