MDP cries foul as police tear up campaign posters
MDP representatives walked out of Tuesday’s meeting of the national election advisory committee.
27 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldivian Democratic Party boycotted Tuesday’s meeting of the Elections Commission’s national advisory committee in protest against police obstruction of campaign activities.
A jogging event was blocked Friday and police officers were deployed across the capital over the past two days to stop campaign workers from putting up posters.
Despite failing to produce a court warrant, police officers claimed that pasting posters on private property was illegal and arrested former MP Ibrahim Rasheed ‘Bonde’ and activist Ahmed Maimoon. Both were briefly detained and released Tuesday evening.
Earlier in the day, MDP representatives met with EC members after walking out of the advisory committee meeting. The commissioners assured that they would take up the issue with police, MDP deputy chairman Ali Niyaz told the press.
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