Maldives moves to halt polls for national football body again
Despite the threat of suspension from international football, the home ministry has requested the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) to call off long-awaited elections scheduled for Thursday.
21 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Despite the threat of suspension from international football, the home ministry has requested the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) to call off long-awaited elections scheduled to take place tomorrow.
The Home Ministry says the poll is “illegal,” but did not give reasons.
Bassam Adeel Jaleel, the secretary general, insisted that the poll to elect a new president for FAM would go ahead tomorrow, unless the global football governing body, FIFA, and its regional arm Asian Football Confederation (AFC) intervenes.
On Monday, when the youth ministry ordered a halt to polls, the AFC said Maldives could face suspension from all football activities if the government is allowed to intervene.
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