MDP condemns PA Shareef’s appointment to Elections Commission
17 May 2011, 11:21 AM
Ahmed Nazeer
)The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has today issued a statement condemning the Elections Commission (EC)’s decision to appoint former Peoples Alliance Party (PA) Secretary General and Spokesperson Ahmed Shareef as the Secretary General of the EC.
‘’MDP believe that anyone appointed for any position at the Elections Commission shall be a person away from influence, independent, fair and a person that would not protect the interest of a specific person,’’ said MDP in the statement.
MDP said it regretted that the commission would appoint a political figure to the commission and condemned the action “in strongest possible terms.”
Former Spokesperson of MDP Ahmed Haleem told Minivan News that ‘’as long as Shareef is in that position, this country can never hold free and fair elections.’’
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