Social media squabble over fake votes and Twitter bots
Opposition social media activists are squabbling over fake votes and Twitter bots after an opposition leader beat a former president in a Twitter poll.
02 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
Opposition social media activists are squabbling over fake votes and Twitter bots after Gasim Ibrahim beat former president Mohamed Nasheed in a RaajjeTV Twitter poll on Sunday.
The poll asked voters which opposition candidate was most likely to beat President Abdulla Yameen: former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader Nasheed, Jumhooree Party (JP) leader Gasim and Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran.
The opposition is in talks to field a single joint-opposition candidate in the 2018 presidential elections. The talks are yet to prove successful, as the MDP announced it will hold its presidential primary in March.
Gasim won the poll with 43 percent of the responses going his way. Imran came second with 30 percent, followed by Nasheed at 25 percent and Gayoom at a lowly two percent.
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