April 21 and 22 declared as public holidays

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has declared Sunday, April 21 and Monday, April 22 as public holidays in light of the Parliamentary Elections scheduled to be held then.

In a statement released by the President's Office, they stated that the President had made the decision based on a request from the Elections Commission asking that the polling day be declared a public holiday due to the significant involvement of government employees and the public in various election-related activities.

Elections Commission also requested that the following day also be declared a public holiday to facilitate follow up work such as vote counting, result announcements, and other election-related activities.

The Parliamentary Elections were previously scheduled to be held on the 17th of March. However, it was later rescheduled to be held on April 21 after the President ratified the bill passed twice by Parliament with amendments to the General Elections Act which prohibits elections from being held within Ramadan.