Supreme Court orders further election delay, reschedules for the 16th
10 Nov 2013, 7:42 AM
Daniel Bosley
The Maldives Supreme Court has ordered the Elections Commission (EC) and all state institutions to make arrangements for a presidential run-off election on November 16, rather than today as previously scheduled.
News of the latest court ruling came less than an hour after the EC had declared the official results of yesterday’s poll at 4:30am.
The EC also announced its intention to go ahead with the scheduled run-off, with polling times set between 11am and 7:00pm today (November 10).
“The decision made by the EC to hold the second round on the 10th deprives the people from fully obtaining the basic right stated in article 26 of the constitution,” read the Supreme Court ruling (Dhivehi).
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