Nasheed welcomed back by jubilant supporters
The opposition leader returned after nearly three years in exile.
01 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
After nearly three years in exile, former president Mohamed Nasheed was accorded a hero’s welcome by throngs of jubilant supporters Thursday afternoon.
Accompanied by former first lady Laila Ali and president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the 51-year-old was greeted at the airport by family members and leaders of the four-party coalition.
On the short ride to Malé from the airport island, Nasheed’s speedboat was surrounded by jet skis, a flyboard jetpack and a fleet of boats and dinghies decked out in the Maldivian Democratic Party’s yellow flags.
Thousands of supporters clad in yellow packed the streets of the capital as Nasheed walked from the official jetty to the artificial beach in Malé’s eastern waterfront.
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