President Yameen nominates three names for Elections Commission vacancy
20 Nov 2013, 5:17 PM
Mohamed Naahee
President Yameen has sent the names of three individuals who applied to fill in the vacancy in the Elections Commission (EC) following the resignation of commission member Ibrahim ‘Ogaru’ Waheed.
Earlier in October, Waheed stepped down from the five-member commission citing that doctors had advised him to not work in a stressful environment.
President Yameen sent a letter to parliament today (November 20) nominating former Deputy Commissioner of Police during former President Mohamed Nasheed’s administration, Mohamed Rishwan, former EC Director General Ismail Habeeb, and the Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM)’s Elections Committee Chair, Mohamed Tholal.
According to local media reports, both Tholal and Habeeb have been previously sacked from prior positions at the Elections Commission.
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