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Maldives police halt presidential election; Britain, United States denounce delay
Source: Reuters
Maldives police halt presidential election; Britain, United States denounce delay
By J.J. Robinson
MALE | Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Maldives police forced a halt to a presidential election on Saturday, in what supporters of the leading candidate said looked like a new coup as they started a sit-down protest that blocked parts of the capital.
Britain and the United States criticized the latest delay to elections in the Indian Ocean archipelago which has been in turmoil since February 2012 when the then-president, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted by mutinying police, military forces and armed demonstrators.
Just hours before polls were due to open for an election that Nasheed looked set to win, police surrounded the secretariat of the Elections Commission.
"We cannot proceed with the election if police are obstructing it," Elections Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek told a news conference, saying the police had "overstepped their authority".
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By J.J. Robinson
MALE | Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Maldives police forced a halt to a presidential election on Saturday, in what supporters of the leading candidate said looked like a new coup as they started a sit-down protest that blocked parts of the capital.
Britain and the United States criticized the latest delay to elections in the Indian Ocean archipelago which has been in turmoil since February 2012 when the then-president, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted by mutinying police, military forces and armed demonstrators.
Just hours before polls were due to open for an election that Nasheed looked set to win, police surrounded the secretariat of the Elections Commission.
"We cannot proceed with the election if police are obstructing it," Elections Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek told a news conference, saying the police had "overstepped their authority".
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/19/us-maldives-election-idUSBRE99I01020131019
