As unrest has escalated in the ongoing election for the Maldivian Democratic Party's (MDP) chairperson, candidate South Galolhu Constituency MP Meekail Ahmed Naseem has made allegations against the supporters of rival candidate former President Mohamed Nasheed.

The voting will conclude tonight at 8:30pm. As there has been unrest during the vote, Meekail released a statement which reads that MDP's office made the necessary arrangements to ensure the voting goes as smooth as possible, in line with democratic rules and in the most transparent manner possible.

Nevertheless, Meekail alleges that rival candidate former President Mohamed Nasheed had put together a plan to delay the approvals for Meekail's representatives in the islands Nasheed believes he would be unable to bring out the results he hopes for. He also alleges that some of the names of Meekail's supporters had been removed from F. Feeali's voters list, with those in charge of the ballot box having their own list.

The statement also alleges that the person in charge of the Feeali ballot box had taken it from the polling station to their own residence at around 4:30pm and was conducting the voting procedure as they pleased.

The statement goes on to allege that the ballot box at Fiyoaree has been destroyed with no solution in sight, and that votes were placed into the ballot box after Meekail's representatives were not given the chance to vote which would lead to invalid votes. 

"As all of these things will affect the results of the election and will serve as obstacles in determining the validity of the election, I would like to call on MDP's Election Committee to proceed in the smoothest and most transparent manner possible. I would also like to highlight that this qualifies as a concern regarding the election," as was written in Meekail's statement.

The voting in the election of MDP's chairperson began today at 2:30pm and will conclude tonight at 8:30pm, with over 50,000 individuals being eligible to vote.