High Court last Thursday heard the Thimarafushi constituency vote rigging during parliamentary election but the layer at the court who represented Elections Commission said the enough evidence was not submitted to disapprove the accuracy of the vote. The hearing Thursday, a report submitted by the Human Rights Commission (HRCM), accused elections official at the ballot station of pressing voters to vote for a certain candidate and the situation in the island had been a nightmare that voting in the island was far from being free and fair. Most of the witnesses at the court were representatives from the Divehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) with which Ghassan was nominated. Some witnesses were Dhives Daily (DRP News paper) reporters. The Human Rights Commission report has said the officials at the voting station has conducted series of irregularities against law and those witness against the ballot said during the day of voting voters were intimidated and has influenced the vote. However, Elections Commission Lawyer said although the witness against the ballot it did not find enough evidence to void the vote and disapprove its accuracy.
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