MDP defends legitimacy of primary result
Despite police snatching ballot boxes to execute a court warrant, nearly 44,000 members voted for exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed to be their candidate in this year’s presidential elections, the MDP claimed.
02 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has defended the legitimacy of its May 30 presidential primary after scepticism over the high turnout.
Despite police snatching ballot boxes to execute a court warrant, nearly 44,000 members voted for exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed to be their candidate in this year’s presidential elections, the MDP claimed.
Responding to allegations of fraud and vote rigging, MDP chairman Hassan Latheef told the press that police officers only managed to confiscate ballot boxes when they were first deployed shortly after voting began on Wednesday afternoon.
But polling stations across the country were prepared for later raids, Latheef said, and the boxes seized did not contain any ballot papers.
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