Maldives president takes aim at opponent
Yameen challenged the opposition candidate to answer to the alleged “betrayals” of the MDP government.
30 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen on Sunday night challenged his opponent in the upcoming election to answer to the alleged crimes of the ousted Maldivian Democratic Party government.
The September 23 contest is not between the incumbent and MDP candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ‘Ibu,’ Yameen said, but a referendum on whether Maldivians have the right to determine the direction of the country, its interests, nationhood, Maldivian character, and Islamic identity.
“All of these features were betrayed in the past [by the MDP],” he contended, launching his first direct attack against the joint opposition candidate.
The MDP parliamentary group leader since 2011, Ibu was named an alternative candidate in place of exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed, the target of a campaign of vilification at PPM rallies over the past few years.
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