Protesters bar entry to courts after Civil Court’s Addu ruling
02 Feb 2011, 1:53 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Protesters temporarily barred entry to the Justice Building of the Maldives last night, in response to the Civil Court’s ruling that the Addu city criteria were invalid, forcing the Elections Commission (EC) to cancel the local council election in Addu this Saturday.
Today the Department of Judicial Administration said that the court of Hulhudhoo in Addu Atoll was also locked this morning, and had to be opened with the assistance of police.
Local radio station SunFM reported Alhan Fahmy, a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP in Addu Atoll, as saying that he ”would not let courts in Addu to be opened.”
Fahmy was present at protests in Addu, SunFM reported, as Adduans expressed fury over the Civil Court ruling.
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