The Maldivian Democratic Party accused the ruling People's National Congress of offering large sums of money to opposition candidates during the nomination period for the upcoming council elections. PNC parliamentary group leader and campaign manager Ibrahim Falah said the party had secured seven per cent of seats without a vote and expected to obtain ten per cent uncontested.
One outlet so far Only Atoll Times has reported this among the sources we monitor. A gap in what we monitor, not proof that others did not report it.
Speaking at a press conference, MDP Deputy Spokesperson Hussain Hassan said on Wednesday that the party had observed attempts to influence candidates during the nomination period.
Word for word from the report in Atoll Times. Open the report
We notice that millions of MVR are being offered to buy opposition candidates contesting against the government. During the opportunity to nominate candidates, we are noticing that the government is making offers to those candidates. That …
The PNC has never won votes by selling a policy. Some who won votes through fraud and deception are still doing it today.
Never before has there been such an open offer of money to buy candidates. How many children want to go out for jobs? How many children want promotion? This is what they do door to door. They do not sell policy.
Nothing to compare yet. If another monitored source reports it, its headline appears beside this one.
