PPM slams elections commission for closing nominations for council polls
The PPM did not make any nominations when the extended deadline expired on December 1.
08 Dec 2016, 9:00 AM
The Progressive Party of the Maldives has criticised the elections commission for closing the period to submit nominations for the local council elections, which were delayed by a court over the ruling party’s inability to prepare.
The PPM did not make any nominations when the extended deadline expired on December 1.
“There are no PPM candidates among the people who are said to have applied to contest,” said the party’s vice-president, MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla. “The election commission must give us the opportunity. Otherwise there is no point in postponing the election.”
The polls were set for January 14, but the civil court on December 1 ordered the commission to postpone the vote by two months.
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