Maldives ruling party seeking to delay official election result
The ruling party has alleged fraud in the presidential election.
26 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives ruling party is seeking to delay the announcement of the official election results alleging fraud, the head of the election body said Wednesday.
“The Progressive Party of the Maldives has raised some concerns and asked the commission to delay the announcement of the official results,” Ahmed Shareef said.
“The commission has not decided yet on this. We can’t delay the announcement beyond the lawful deadline which is within seven days of the election. So that is Sunday.
“The commission has not been briefed on the nature of the complaints yet, but there are allegations of fraud from what I understand,” he told the Maldives Independent.
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