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EC Grants Permission to The Democrats to Convene Inaugural Meeting
The Elections Commission announced its decision to grant The Democrats permission to convene their inaugural meeting as a political party, with the permit to be issued next Sunday. The decision followed a cancelled Wednesday meeting due to lack of quorum and unanimous agreement among commission members.
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Wed 21 JunThe Elections Commission's meeting to approve The Democrats was cancelled due to lack of quorum.MaléWednesdayonly Maldives Republicthe absence of two out of four members in Male’ resulted in the cancellation of Wednesday’s meeting.
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Sun 25 JunThe Elections Commission announced its decision to grant The Democrats permission to convene their inaugural meeting as a political party.on Sundayonly Maldives RepublicnewestThe Elections Commission (EC) has announced its decision to grant permission to The Democrats to convene their inaugural meeting as a political party. In a statement publicised via Twitter on Sunday
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We did not hold a meeting after discussions in the Viber group but decided to allow The Democrats, all five members of the commission are now in agreement to allow the formation of The Democrats.