PPM wins legal bid to extend voter registration deadline
The civil court has ordered the elections commission to indefinitely extend the re-registration period for January’s local council elections pending a judgment on the ruling party’s request to delay the polls by two months.
21 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
The civil court has ordered the elections commission to indefinitely extend the voter registration period for January’s local council elections pending a judgment on the ruling party’s request to delay the polls.
Judge Ali Abdulla issued the temporary order on Sunday after President Abdulla Yameen’s faction of the divided Progressive Party of Maldives filed a case seeking court intervention to postpone the election by two months.
Yameen’s faction cited its inability to prepare after a leadership dispute left the party in disarray, and asked for a temporary order to extend the voter registration deadline.
The deadline to register for voters who wish to vote outside their constituency or overseas was due to expire on Monday. But the re-registration process will now continue until further notice, the elections commission said in a statement.
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