JP and PPM request Supreme Court order further delaying Saturday’s election
18 Oct 2013, 10:52 PM
Daniel Bosley
Both the Jumhooree Party (JP) and the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) have filed cases with the Supreme Court requesting that tomorrow’s re-scheduled election not go ahead without all parties having signed the register.
The request for a new court order comes after both parties have thus-far refused to sign the amended electoral register for tomorrow’s election.
PPM MP Ahmed Nihan denied that his party had attempted to delay polling, claiming that the party still wished to have an election as soon as possible.
He added that the motion filed did not request any specific timeline, claiming that the party was trying to find a way that voting could go ahead as planned – positing the possibility of a public holiday to facilitate voting should tomorrow’s poll not go ahead.
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