Campaign trail: show me the money

Daily roundup of news from the campaign trail.

27 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM

A daily roundup of headlines made by the candidates, running mates and their surrogates on the campaign trail.

August 26

A new chapter in Ibu’s experience and trust: “Not a puppet”! (Mihaaru)

Ibu appeals to disclose information about corruption (Vnews)

Special campaign rally in Lanka tomorrow with Nasheed and Ibu (Mihaaru)

Extraordinary welcome for Faisal in Milandhoo! (Vnews)

Don’t be scared of losing jobs in the one month left, we will give back your job: Faisal (Raajje)

Nation today is at the point where the people could lose it: Faisal (Vnews)

Ibu to Sri Lanka (Raajje)

We will give budget to secure children’s rights: Faisal (Mihaaru)

Faisal appeals against overstepping legal bounds (Vnews)

This government has failed big time, there’s no evil they haven’t done: Faisal (Raajje)

I call for investigation and action against call to assassinate Nasheed: Faisal (Vnews)

Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ‘Ibu’ revealed in an that he was planning to retire next year at the end of his fifth term in parliament. But he accepted the nomination as an to exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed with the backing of other leaders in the opposition coalition. He would “not be anyone’s puppet”, including the childhood friend with whom he also has differences of opinion.

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