October 19 election to proceed as planned: Elections Commission
19 Oct 2013, 5:49 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
Additional reporting by JJ Robinson, Daniel Bosley and Mohamed Naahii.
With just hours to go before polls are scheduled to open and with the voter lists still unsigned by two of the three candidates, the Elections Commission held a press conference to declare that voting will proceed as planned.
“Ultimately, the Supreme Court has ruled to not delay the elections,” said Elections Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek, reading out the Supreme Court’s ruling following the court’s early morning crisis meeting.
“’We inform you the Supreme Court verdict no 2013/SC-C/42 delineates how the 2013 Maldives presidential election is to be conducted,” Thowfeek read.
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