Five easy fact-checks of the Maldives president
Maldives National University did not fact-check the president during a recent ‘debate.’ So we did.
18 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
On Sunday night President Abdulla Yameen took part in a question and answer session organised by Maldives National University. It was meant to be a debate ahead of an election scheduled for September 23, but the opposition said there was no guarantee it would be fair and declined to take part.
MNU was criticised for saying the debate would continue as a solo session and because the host did not challenge or follow up Yameen’s assertions including his (false) claim that “violent crime such as brutal stabbings” had fallen by 35 percent.
This is a Maldives Independent fact-check of what Yameen said.
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