While the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) tasked with examining the events of the March 02, 2020 general and regional elections has been given a broad remit, it will pay particular attention to District Four which was the epicentre of attempts to rig the polls.
This information was contained in the terms of reference (TORs) released last evening. The Commission will initially have seven months to complete its work and hand over the report to President Irfaan Ali.
The CoI is a result of a promise by President Ali to investigate the attempt to rig the March 2020 polls. Five months after the March 2nd 2020 polls and after a series of legal battles, Ali was finally declared the winner of the presidential elections and subsequently sworn in as the country’s ninth executive president, on August 2, 2020.
