November 2 election date not possible: Elections Commission
28 Oct 2013, 11:49 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Elections Commission (EC) has this morning said that expediting the presidential polls by one week is not possible after all three candidates requested the election be moved from November 9 to November 2.
The EC has said that the commission lacks the facilities to do so in such a short period.
Speaking to the press outside the EC, Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) candidate and former president Mohamed Nasheed said that the three candidates would nevertheless continue to discuss concluding the presidential elections by the end of the current presidential term on November 11.
Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) candidate Abdulla Yameen also said he had not yet given up hope.
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