<span style="color: #222222;">Maldives Supreme Court has ruled against admissibility of secret witnesses in a petition by President Abdulla Yameen to cancel the elections last month. The court delivered the ruling this afternoon after a three-day hearing during which the president's lawyer argued that witnesses could face serious threats if their identities were revealed. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The lawyer also alleged that the voting procedures in the presidential election were designed to favor his opponents. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Elections Commission's lawyer objected to allowing the secret witnesses in a case and asserted for fairness of elections.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> President Yameen is contesting the election results despite publicly accepting his defeat against opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The latter is scheduled to take over as new President on 17th November. </span><br />