Some members said during the meeting that before the parliament took any action regarding the issue there were several factors that need to be properly looked into and that the chance should be given to the members of the EC to present their defense. Members also suggested submitting the case to the Maldives Police Service (MPS) and Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to further investigate the allegations. Another suggestion was to send a compilation of all audit reports of the EC for further investigation. But voting did not take place today to employ either suggestion. From the members who refused to reach a definite decision on the report, Alifushi MP Mohamed Nashiz said that it would not be prudent to reach a decision just based on the audit report of 2010, but that the case should be sent for investigation with reports from previous years as well. He stressed that given that no details of when the MVR54.1 million was issued to cover elections costs leaves a chance which should be given to the members of the EC to present their case and an explanation. Maafannu-West MP Abdulla Abdu Raheem said that dishonesty with the government’s money is a big issue and should be investigated and that time should be given to the commission to gather the missing details. “A specific time period can be given to recover receipts and bills,” he said. He contemplated the possibility that while allegations are being made against its current members; maybe the unspecified expenses were not made by the current commission, thus it is important to find out the details of the expenses. Nolhivaram MP Mohamed Nasheed pressed that any activity which is conducted in violation of the Finance Act should be promptly dealt with. But he suggested delaying taking a definite decision as there were several conflicts of thought amongst members. It was found out when the Financial Committee reviewed the EC’s audit report of 2010 that the commission had no details on how the MVR54.1 million designated to island offices to cover election costs were spent and that members of the commission had bought iPads against the commissions regulations. Details of costs were not given about five elections which were held after 2007. Chairperson of the Finance Committee Dhiggaru MP Ahmed Nazim said that while the audit report states that the spending detail of MVR54.1 million were not specified the EC claims details were not specified regarding MVR15 million allocated to cover elections costs.