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A roundup of the day’s top stories.

Coalition leaders exchange barbs as campaign enters final stretch

Millionaire lawmakers won’t accept bribes, JP leader Gasim suggested.

On campaign trail, President Solih appeals for MDP majority

The second MDP government will “show the difference” with a parliament majority, he said.

Nasheed calls for interim leader in 2018

An interim government should reform the judiciary and pave the way for free and fair elections, the exiled opposition leader said.

Ambassador to Sri Lanka stands by threat to detain Nasheed

The ambassador-designate’s remarks prompted the opposition leader’s high-profile counsel Amal Clooney to warn that “any attempt by a Maldivian diplomat to detain President Nasheed in Sri Lanka would constitute a violation of international law as well as Sri Lankan criminal law.”

Government behind Nasheed’s verdict, Adeeb tells Supreme Court

Adeeb alleged that Nasheed was prosecuted because he was leading a political campaign to free former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim.

Ministers on media offensive as defecting lawmakers declare stand

“The opposition has mounted several such political challenges in the past, which the administration is confident of weathering once again,” the president’s spokesman Ibrahim Hussain Shihab told Reuters.

‘No doubt’ of opposition parliamentary majority, Nasheed claims

“Our goal is to bring an end to President Yameen’s rule. I urge all party members to dedicate your time to the efforts to remove President Yameen from power,” the opposition leader said in a statement released Monday on the occasion of his Maldivian Democratic Party’s 12th anniversary.

Government dismisses crackdown on opposition leaders

Dismissing allegations of harassing and intimidating opposition politicians, the government reiterated that the police and judiciary are independent institutions and accused the opposition of pulling “stunts to gain recognition and airtime in the international media.”

Opposition decries ‘ramped up crackdown’

In the aftermath of Monday’s contentious no-confidence vote, fresh terror charges were raised against former President Nasheed, former President Gayoom was expelled from the party he founded, and former Defence Minister Nazim was abruptly taken back to jail after nearly a year under house arrest.

Gayoom denies demanding US$100k from Nasheed as ‘goodwill’ gesture

Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has denied demanding US$100,000 from his longtime rival and successor as a “goodwill” gesture for negotiations on forming an alliance to oust his embattled half-brother.

Government to reconsider decision to revoke Nasheed’s medical leave

Home Minister Umar Naseer said in a tweet this morning that he has asked the Maldives Correctional Services’ medical board to review a decision to revoke a 30-day extension of medical leave “due to the confusion created by [Nasheed’s] lawyers,” who had denied President Yameen’s claim that the opposition leader was due to undergo surgery in the UK.

Efforts to put Maldives on CMAG agenda unsuccessful, says foreign ministry

The Maldives is not on the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) despite “efforts made by some of the most powerful countries in the Commonwealth to place the Maldives on the group’s agenda and harm the nation,” the foreign ministry has said.

MDP agrees to begin talks without Nasheed

No obstacle for Nasheed’s involvement in talks, says MDP

Police cleared of wrongdoing in manhandling ex-president

Home minister vows to keep ex president in jail

Cameraman ‘forced’ to erase footage of PG meeting judge

EU calls for political dialogue to resolve crisis

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