Police confirm no documents affecting election outcome found in EC’s trash
16 Sep 2013, 4:49 PM
Mohamed Naahee
Chair of the Elections Commission (EC) Fuwad Thowfeek has rejected allegations from the Jumhooree Party that it had disposed of official documents relating to the presidential election, after police last night acted on the JP’s claim and barricaded the commission.
The JP came third in the September 7 election with 24 percent of the vote, narrowly missing out on a place in the run-off election.
Police barricaded the entrance to the EC secretariat in the early hours on Monday morning, after the JP alleged the commission was attempting to destroy documents “that would unveil discrepancies in the last elections”.
When Minivan News journalists arrived at the premises, police had barricaded the road which led to the EC’s office, and put up police lines around a couple of black plastic bags that had been intended to be thrown out as garbage.
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