Politics

Campaign trail: Tablet trumps banana

Daily roundup of news from the campaign trail.

05 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
A daily roundup of headlines made by the candidates, running mates and their surrogates on the campaign trail.
September 4

Ibu goes door-to-door in homes of mid-Maafanu constituency (Raajje)

We will provide shelter to everyone in Malé: Ibu (Mihaaru)

There won’t be any resident of Malé without housing: Ibu (Sun)

Supporters won’t back down despite intimidation: Ibu (Mihaaru)

Ibu says all children can get free higher education! (Raajje)

I won’t sign if voter’s list is given at the last moment: Ibu (Avas)

I will sign voter’s list after verifying its validity: Ibu (Raajje)

20 teachers from Iskandhar meet Ibu (Mihaaru)

More than 20 teachers from Iskandhar support Ibu (Raajje)

We need to get rid of fear that religious scholars face: Faisal (Vnews)

Maumoon, Faris and Nadheem hope to be freed in Ibu’s government: lawyer (Mihaaru)

Government knows election can’t be won: Faisal (Vnews)

Sheikh Ilyas is doing a national task, we’re grateful for it: Faisal (Raajje)

After returning from a tour of the southern Huvadhu atoll, joint opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ‘Ibu’ resumed door-to-door campaigning in the capital. The opposition parliamentary leader visited the home of jailed lawmaker Faris Maumoon and met with his family.

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