Politics

Supreme Court imposes travel ban on Elections Commission members

05 Mar 2014, 9:46 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Supreme Court has today ordered Elections Commission (EC) members not to leave Male’ until a verdict is reached in the ongoing contempt of court case.
EC Director General Mohamed Shakeel has said the order was addressed to all four members separately.
EC President Fuwad Thowfeek has revealed that he yesterday asked the court for a two day medical trip to Sri Lanka.
“I requested to leave from Thursday to Tuesday, but I have now postponed the trip till the case is over,” said Fuwad.

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