MDP primary continues as police snatch ballot boxes
The Elections Commission has already threatened to dissolve the MDP, saying that former president Mohamed Nasheed does not qualify as a candidate.
30 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Policemen snatched ballot boxes and intimidated people as they followed a court order to block the main opposition’s presidential primary Wednesday.
Reporters from the Maldives Independent witnessed uniformed officers clear out voting stations and squaring up to the general public and members of the Maldivian Democratic Party.
The Elections Commission had ordered police to stop voting, saying the primary was unlawful, and a court warrant was issued.
There was a raid on the MDP’s main office in Malé’s Sosun Magu, with ballot boxes and voting papers confiscated, and police vehicles were briefly hemmed in by the capital’s notorious traffic.
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