Local Council Elections to be postponed to January 2021

3 days ago

The Maldivian government is engaged in drafting a sunset law to postpone the Local Council Elections, scheduled for April 18 this year, to January next year. The Local Council Elections had originally been scheduled for April 4, but was postponed to April 18 over the emergence of COVID-19 cases in Maldives. Following the emergence of more virus cases, the Elections Commission (EC)