Opposition’s vote rigging concerns dismissed

The Elections Commission has dismissed concerns about the voting process in the September 23 presidential election.

Opposition MP Ahmed Mahloof tweeted photos purportedly from a powerpoint presentation used to train officials, which instructed them to first enter results into a tablet and send it to the EC headquarters in the capital before the results are announced at individual polling stations.

EC member Ahmed Akram dismissed concerns that the tablets could be used to falsify results.

“There is no change in how the results will be announced,” he told the Maldives Independent. “This is not just something I am saying, this is written in the law as well. The work that EC officials do on an administrative level is different.”