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By Ahmed Nazeer | February 3rd, 2011 | Category: Politics | 1 Comment The ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has condemned the Elections Commission in strongest possible terms for canceling the Addu City council election.The Elections Commission announced that the Addu City Council election was canceled after the Civil Court invalidated the criteria established by the Local Government Authority to determine cities.The Local Government Authority was established when the Civil Court recently ruled that president does not have the authority to declare Addu as a city before a Local Government Authority was established, and before the Authority determines whether Addu meets the requirements to be a city.In the public referendum held, Addu citizens in Maradhu area have already decided that they want to hold the Addu City Council elections, said MDPs Maradhoo branch in a statement. The citizens of this area were extremely concerned when Elections Com...

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By Minivan News | February 2nd, 2011 | Category: News in Brief | No Comments Indias state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is examining the potential for solar projects in the Maldives.The company is currently conducting a feasibility study within the islands, which it expects to complete within 3-4 months.NTPC chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury declined to offer specifics about the investment that Indias biggest power generator would potentially make in the island nation, until the completion of the study.

By Ahmed Nazeer | February 2nd, 2011 | Category: Society | 1 Comment The Peoples Alliance Party (PA) led by Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has today issued a statement condemning attempts to influence and threaten the judiciary, following protests in Male and Addu Atoll over the Civil Courts decision to stop Addu from becoming a city.The party said there were reasonable grounds to believe that there were political links in the attempts to block entrance to court, based on reports in the media of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Alhan Fahmys comment Alhan stating that Adduans would not let courts in Addu open.The PA, which is in coalition with the opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP), accused the MDP of trying to influence the judiciary and judges.The party added that it had sent a letter to the police and Prosecutor Generals Office requesting they investigate the attempts to influence the judiciary the attempts to threaten judges.In the rece...