Leaked recording of Yameen admitting poor election chances a fake: PPM
05 Aug 2013, 3:11 PM
Mohamed Naahee
The Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and its presidential candidate Abdulla Yameen have dismissed as fake a leaked audio clip circulating on social media, in which Yameen admits to a “poor chance” of winning the upcoming 2013 presidential election.
The audio clip appears to be part of a telephone conversation uploaded on video sharing website YouTube, and was picked up by local media today. In the audio, a voice supposedly belonging to Yameen refers to an unnamed political party and concedes that his party does not stand a chance in an election against it.
“2013 [Presidential Election] is something which they already have in their bag. They already have won it. Therefore I don’t think we have a chance of any success in the 2013 presidential elections. I think we should now focus on 2018 [presidential elections],” the voice states, in the 19 second recording.
Speaking to local media outlet Sun Online, Yameen dismissed the audio clip describing as “completely fake”.
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