President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on May 10 ratified the sunset bill to postpone the local council and Women’s Development Committee (WDC) elections until the presently-declared state of public health emergency due to novel Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) is over, reports Edition. The bill entitled “The Special Bill for the Local Council Elections 2020" was passed by the parliament on April 30, after the Elections Commission (EC) submitted the matter to the parliament, seeking a legislative remedy to postpone the elections over public safety concerns. Both local councils and WDC elections were initially scheduled for April 4, 2020 and later delayed to April 18. According to the new law, the local elections are now postponed until it is safe to hold nationwide polls.