Despite uncertainty, Vice President vows to return to the Maldives
Despite President Abdulla Yameen’s apparent suspicion of his deputy’s involvement in an explosion on his speedboat, Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has vowed to return to the Maldives this week after concluding an official visit to China.
17 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Despite President Abdulla Yameen’s apparent suspicion of his deputy’s involvement in an explosion on his speedboat, Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has vowed to return to the Maldives this week.
“I am not one to flee. Nothing can prevent my return,” Adeeb told The Maldives Independent over a brief phone call tonight. He is currently in China on official business.
The alleged assassination attempt on September 28 has deepened the Maldives’ political crisis with a shakeup of the security forces and an apparent purge of Adeeb’s supporters from top government posts.
On the apparent targeting of his associates, Adeeb reiterated comments made to the popular daily Haveeru earlier in the day, and said the “truth will be known” once a special inquiry commission finishes its investigation.
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