President warns of coup without MDP majority
President Solih has been campaigning for MDP candidates ahead of the April 6 polls.
17 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
The government would be vulnerable to a coup attempt if the Maldivian Democratic Party fails to win a majority of seats in the April 6 parliamentary elections, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih warned Saturday night.
Speaking at a rally on Velidhoo island in Noonu atoll, the president touted the MDP’s ‘Agenda 19’ as a detailed plan to deliver pledges and reiterated his appeal to elect MDP candidates.
“There should be MPs in the People’s Majlis who support and accept [Agenda 19]. We need to have a majority there. If not, just as before, we will have to face [a situation] where the government is halted, pledges cannot be unfulfilled, and eventually we will head in the direction of a big coup,” he said.
The Maldives would go backwards by several years if an elected government is toppled again, he added.
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