MDP will seek retribution for February 7, Dr Shaheem warns
The joint opposition candidate will jail allies involved in the 2012 transfer of power, he contended.
31 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Joint opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih ‘Ibu’ will investigate the February 2012 ouster of the Maldivian Democratic Party government, vice presidential candidate Dr Mohamed Shaheem warned Monday night.
Appearing on the state broadcaster, the Islamic university chancellor said if he is elected Ibu would seek retribution against those involved in the transfer of power, including allies in the opposition coalition.
“Why don’t the candidate come out and say we won’t investigate February 7? They will investigate February 7. And they will investigate the cases of everyone they called coup plotters, too, and jail them for 25 years as well,” he said.
Shaheem denied any involvement and stressed that he was out of the country at the time.
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