Maldives Supreme Court sentences election commission members

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of the Maldives [official website] on Sunday dismissed the country's four top election commissioners, giving each a six-month jail sentence and three-year suspension for "disobeying orders." The commission members were tried [BBC report] after the passage of new rules that allowed the Supreme Court to initiate the proceedings. The rules enabled the court to essentially act as prosecutor, judge and jury during the trial. The charges resulted from [Reuters report] officials failing to follow election guidelines...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/maldives-supreme-court-sentences-election-commission.php

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