The Public Service Media (PSM) has taken down the referendum results page following the government's defeat.
The state broadcaster did not make any headlines about the election results. But there was one article with the headline "Highest turnout for a council election!".
"The provisional results show that the ruling PNC won most island council seats and council president positions. The MDP won most city mayoral and city council seats. In the referendum to hold the two elections on the same day, most voters supported holding elections separately," the article read.
Some information in the article was incorrect, and reported in favor of the government. The PNC did not win most island council seats in Saturday's local council elections.
While PSM editorial withheld the election results from the public, this is in direct violation of the Public Service Media Act, which states that PSM must not act unfairly to protect political interests.
Meanwhile, multiple employees in the state broadcaster were given last minute promotions ahead of the April 4 elections.
A confidential source told Adhadhu that two people were promoted to executive director position on Thursday. Three others were promoted to deputy director position and a former assistant manager was promoted to lead the TV production department.
Sources said PSM Managing Director Ahmed Shakeeb was in charge of awarding the promotions.
