The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 General and Regional Elections concluded today and Chairman, Justice (retired) Stanley John noted that the final report will be presented to President Irfaan Ali “in the shortest of time.”
Today the commission heard closing remarks from, the Commission’s counsel, Senior Counsel Sophia Chote before it officially came to an end.
The CoI is a result of a promise by President Irfaan Ali to investigate the attempt to rig the March 2020 polls in favour of the former APNU+AFC government. 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.
The CoI was mandated to pay particular attention to District Four, which was the epicentre of attempts to rig the polls.
It began hearings on November 3rd, 2022. Key persons associated with the elections fiasco declined to testify.
