Maldives' electoral watchdog has postponed the announcement of the upcoming presidential election date to Thursday.
Elections Commission was set to announce the election date on Tuesday, but commission member Ahmed Akram said the decision has been made to announce the date during an official ceremony scheduled for Thursday.
The commission would invite all political parties and relevant government and state officials to the ceremony, Akram added.
Elections Commission had said the crunch presidential elections would be held in September.
Incumbent president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom is seeking re-election amid unprecedented political strife in the archipelago.
The main opposition leaders including former presidents Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Mohamed Nasheed along with Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim and religiously conservative Adhaalath Party (AP) leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla inked pact to form what they called a 'reform alliance'.
With the candidacy of the four leaders - all convicted and serving sentences on questionable charges in serious doubt, the united opposition had announced plans to nominate a single candidate for the upcoming presidential elections.
However, the coalition now seems to have fractured with Nasheed contesting and winning the highly disputed presidential primary held by his party last week.
