The appellate court threw out the petition by the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party after its lawyer Anas Abdul Sattar failed to turn up to a...
“If they contest for the council independently or with the MDP because they need a job, I am ready to find them jobs," Ahmed Shareef said.
Participating in the vote would legitimise an election that has been “unlawfully stolen” from the people, the religious conservative party said.
Local council elections will be held on April 8, the elections commission has announced. It also set a new deadline for candidacy papers allowing President Abdulla...
The PPM did not make any nominations when the extended deadline expired on December 1.
