Supreme Court rejects secret witnesses in election challenge
A judgment is due on the president’s petition to annul the September 23 election.
16 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to call secret witnesses and concluded hearing President Abdulla Yameen’s petition to annul the September 23 election.
The president’s lawyers wanted anonymised testimony from three unnamed witnesses who would confess to conspiring with Elections Commission chief Ahmed Shareef to tamper with ballots.
But the full bench ruled unanimously the witnesses were inadmissible.
After hearing closing arguments, Chief Justice Dr Ahmed Abdulla Didi said a judgment would be delivered at the next hearing. He did not announce a date.
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