The Supreme Court has decided not to accept the case submitted by former Kendhoo constituency member Ali Hussain to stop the public referendum on whether to hold the Presidential Election and the Parliamentary Election on the same day.
Ali Hussain submitted the case to the Supreme Court stating that although 15 days had passed since the bill passed by the Parliament regarding holding the two elections simultaneously was sent to President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, no decision had been made regarding the ratification of the bill, and since the procedure stated in Article 264 of the Constitution had not been followed, the period determined for ratifying the bill had expired.
Therefore, the case requested to determine that the bill is now void.
Consequently, it was also requested to determine that taking a referendum regarding the passage of that bill is an act done in contradiction to the Constitution.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court decided not to accept the case. The reason stated for this decision was that the procedure mentioned in Article 264 of the Constitution must be followed only in a situation where the President decides not to ratify a bill.
The Registrar's decision noted that there is no indication that the President decided not to ratify the bill involved in the submitted case.
While the decision was made not to accept the case submitted by Ali Hussain, the other case submitted alongside it has been accepted, and the trial is scheduled to begin tomorrow.
Supreme Court has accepted the constitutional case submitted by lawyer Aik Ahmed Easa and lawyer Ibrahim Shiyam, who are part of the MDP legal team.
Lawyer Aik and Shiyam submitted that the decree issued by President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu to take the referendum presents a question that contradicts the Constitution, and stated that the referendum cannot proceed including that question.
Cases regarding the public referendum have also been submitted to the High Court by the MDP previously. They also requested a temporary order to stop the vote in that case. However, no decision has yet been made on whether to accept those cases.
