MDP, DRP sue Elections Commission
Two major political parties in the Maldives have lodged a complaint with the civil court over an Elections Commission order requiring re-registration of members with new fingerprinted forms.
23 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Two major political parties in the Maldives have lodged a complaint with the civil court over an Elections Commission order requiring re-registration of members with new fingerprinted forms.
Fingerprinted forms was a requirement introduced in a regulation in 2010 and by law in the 2013 Political Parties Act. The EC has ordered all parties to re-submit forms for members who had not submitted fingerprints by the end of the year. If not, the members will be taken off the party registry, the commission has warned.
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party is now required to re-register nearly half of its 48,000 members.
Today’s complaint was lodged by the MDP and the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party.
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