MDP to re-establish permanent protest site after “cynical attempt to delay election”
24 Sep 2013, 4:53 PM
Daniel Bosley
The MDP will set-up a permanent protest area in the Raalhugandu area of the capital Male’, following the Supreme Court’s decision to indefinitely postpone the second round of the country’s presidential elections.
“In compete defiance of the Constitution, this act by a discredited court is a betrayal of democracy and the will of the Maldivian people,” said party spokesman Hamid Abdul Ghafoor in a press release today.
“All local and international observers, including those from Transparency Maldives, the United Nations, the Commonwealth, and India praised the first round of elections as free and fair and without incident.
“This ruling is a cynical attempt by President Nasheed’s political opponents to delay an election they feared they were likely to lose.”
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