Yameen faction seeks court order to delay council elections
As the party’s database, membership registry, and other important documents are missing, the PPM will face “irreparable damage” if the polls take place as scheduled on January 14, reads the case summary.
20 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen’s faction of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives has asked the civil court to delay the upcoming local council elections, citing its inability to prepare after a leadership dispute left the party in disarray.
The PPM said that the party’s database, membership registry, and other important documents are missing, and that it would face “irreparable damage” if the polls take place as scheduled on January 14, according to the case summary.
The civil court was asked to order the election commission to delay the election by two months. The case was filed on November 16 and a hearing has been scheduled for 3pm Monday.
However, the decentralisation law requires new councils to be elected 30 days before the current three-year term expires on February 26.
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