MDP fined MVR60k for alleged call to gather outside police headquarters
A tweet urging supporters to come to the police station in solidarity with an elderly female activist summoned for questioning “violates section seven and 48 of the Political Parties Act as well as the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act,” the electoral body informed the MDP.
20 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
The Elections Commission has slapped a fine of MVR60,000 (US$3,890) on the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party over alleged calls for supporters to gather outside the police headquarters.
A tweet urging supporters to come to the police station in solidarity with an elderly female activist summoned for questioning “violates section seven and 48 of the Political Parties Act as well as the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act,” the electoral body informed the MDP on Thursday.
The MDP was previously warned and advised in April to stop encouraging supporters to gather outside the police headquarters, which is located in the capital’s restricted green zone, after complaints were filed with the commission, the EC’s letter stated.
The MDP’s tweet was sent out after Naeema Mohamed ‘Naeematha’, an iconic protester, was summoned for questioning last Tuesday following her arrest from the opposition’s nightly protests in Malé.
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