Opposition snubs election body
The snub came as the opposition alliance said there had been progress in the talks to field a single candidate against the ruling party.
10 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
Opposition parties have snubbed a meeting with the Elections Commission, as they boasted about their progress to field a unity candidate for this year’s presidential polls.
The EC meeting was intended to give information about the ballot and the regulation of political parties, but the opposition boycotted it and questioned the body’s independence.
“First they invited us for an all-party meeting,” Ahmed Sameer, Jumhooree Party secretary general, told reporters on Monday. “Then later decided it will be separate meetings. What they are trying to do is find out information that President Abdulla Yameen wants. So we are not ready to give that information to the EC.”
An EC spokesman told local media it was unaware of any boycott and believed that all parties would attend the meetings.
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