Opposition accused of seeking election delay
The PPM says it has not been able to campaign for the April 6 polls.
01 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM
The opposition Progressive Party of Maldives led by former President Abdulla Yameen is attempting to delay the April 6 parliamentary elections, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said on the campaign trail Sunday.
Kicking off a tour of the northern islands, Solih said he was hearing “a lot of talk” about an imminent court order to postpone the polls.
“We are hearing that the now opposition PPM is trying, as usual, to delay the election,” he said on Hanimaadhoo island in Haa Dhaalu atoll. “This is what they tried when they were in power too. But, we are ready, God willing, the election will take place as planned on April 6.”
The 2017 local council election was delayed after a court ruled that the PPM did not have enough time to prepare for the polls.
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