Maldives electoral body delays presidential candidate applications
The final candidate list will be announced August 18.
12 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
The start date for presidential candidates to submit their applications has been delayed by more than a week, the head of the Elections Commission said Thursday.
The announcement was made by Ahmed Shareef in a press conference.
“The commission first announced that applications would be open on 15 (July). We had some differences of opinion in the commission but we have now decided that the date for applications is 23 July,” he told reporters.
Shareef said the wait was because the term for President Abdulla Yameen expires on 17 November due to the delays in the 2013 election.
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