The president of Elections Commission (EC), Ahmed Shareef, has announced the possibility of ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)'s campaign office having access to classified information of EC.
While speaking at a press conference organized by the EC, Shareef emphasized the possibility of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom's campaign offices having access to classified information regarding the elections. He subsequently stated that the matter is being looked into, in alliance with the Compliance Bureau.
When asked about how PPM's campaign office would have received access to this information, Shareef clarified that the PPM campaign offices had made personal phone calls to individuals, and the extraction of necessary information via these individuals.
"Even I have observed similar phone calls being made to select individuals. The callers first identify themselves as calling on behalf of PPM and continues the conversation seeking personal information about the individuals that they place these calls to. This has created doubt about PPM campaign offices having access to some of our classified information", said Shareef.
Furthermore, he reassured that there have been no evident leaks via EC. However, Shareef pointed out that they will be looking into this matter in order to fully resolve this fallacy.
Nevertheless, Shareef guaranteed that the PPM campaign office would not be able to meddle with the upcoming election process even with any leaked information, adding that some of these phone calls were conspicuous traps to try and change the mind of the voter.
Out of 95,739 re-registration forms that were applied, only 78,964 forms were approved by the Elections Commission. Due to a multitude of errors 5,626 forms have also been rejected by EC. Adding to the statistics are 11,149 forms that were supposed to have been sent under a single individual's identity.
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