The Elections Commission of the Maldives (ECM) has stated that a special ceremony will be held to hand over the certificate to the president-elect.
At a press conference, Vice President of ECM Ismail Habeeb said that the winner of the second round of the election will be awarded a certificate to acknowledge him as the president-elect. He said that ECM made the decision to hand over the certificate after announcing the official election results at a special ceremony, which would be a first for the commission.
The second round of the presidential election is being held after none of the candidates received 50% of the votes to win in the first round. The two candidates who moved on to the second round are Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, the candidate of the opposition People's National Congress (PNC), who received 46% in the first round, and President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the candidate of the main ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), who received 39%.