Adeeb pledges support for the opposition
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has pledged support to the opposition just days after his predecessor, Vice President Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, formally joined the opposition coalition.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has pledged support to the opposition just days after his predecessor, Vice President Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, formally joined the opposition coalition.
In a statement issued hours before President Abdulla Yameen was due to deliver the annual presidential address at the parliament’s opening, the former vice president said he called “on every Maldivian to personally join in the effort to end tyranny.”
“I support President Mohamed Nasheed and his Maldivian Democratic Party’s efforts to establish political stability and justice in the Maldives. I assure president Nasheed and the Maldivian people that I will remain committed in my work,” Adeeb said in a statement issued through his lawyers.
Adeeb is currently on trial for corruption and terrorism. His spectacular fall from favour came after a blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat last September.
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