Nasheed calls for opposition to field single candidate in 2018
“I don’t think we will have a free and fair election as things stand now. So we will have to have the whole opposition together and come out with a single candidate,” the opposition leader told AFP.
22 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM
The opposition should unite behind a single candidate to challenge President Abdulla Yameen in the 2018 presidential election, exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed has said.
The opposition leader told AFP during a visit to the United States that he is hoping to form an alliance with former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who has withdrawn support for the government after losing a bitter struggle with Yameen for control of the ruling party.
“We are still working on it. What we would really like to see is a free and fair election – not necessarily changing the government now,” he said.
“I don’t think we will have a free and fair election as things stand now. So we will have to have the whole opposition together and come out with a single candidate.”
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