13/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - Pressure over election commission. On 12 March, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton spoke out against the decision of the Maldives Supreme Court on 9 March to disqualify the president and vice-president of the election commission, to sentence the president to six months in prison and to convict all four members of the election commission for contempt of court. “This is a serious setback in the democratic...