News in brief: Fuwad Thowfeek approved for Elections Commission
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13 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Parliament on Wednesday unanimously approved the nomination of Fuwad Thowfeek to the Elections Commission with 70 votes in favour.
Two other nominees forwarded by the president – current member Amjad Musthafa and lawyer Haneefa Khalid – after 10 individuals applied for the post were not to put a vote after Fuwad was approved. Amjad’s five-year term is due to expire on November 24.
Fuwad was controversially dismissed as EC president by the Supreme Court in March 2014. In April this year, he ran unsuccessfully for the Machchangoalhi South parliament seat.
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