MDP required to re-register half of its members
The Elections Commission (EC) has asked the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to resubmit forms for some 23,058 members registered without fingerprints. The figure amounts to nearly half of the MDP’s 46,608 registered members.
07 Jul 2015, 7:45 PM
The Elections Commission (EC) has ordeeed the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to re-register some 23,058 of its members with fingerprinted forms.
The figure amounts to nearly half of the MDP’s 46,608 registered members.
The EC has asked all parties, with the exception of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), to re-register members before December 31. The PPM was formed in late 2011 after the requirement for fingerprints on membership forms came into force the previous year.
The commission said in a statement on Thursday that the 2013 Political Parties Act requires all political parties to submit membership forms with fingerprints.
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