Thousands gather for Nasheed and Jameel’s message from London
Once bitter rivals, former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed appeared tonight side-by-side in a video message broadcast from London, urging Maldivians to unite against President Abdulla Yameen’s alleged corruption.
05 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Once bitter rivals, former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed appeared tonight side-by-side in a video message broadcast from London, urging Maldivians to unite against President Abdulla Yameen’s alleged corruption.
A crowd numbering in the thousands gathered at Malé’s Artificial Beach to watch Nasheed’s first public address since his jailing a year ago. The rally was the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s first major gathering since a police crackdown on a protest in November.
“We will not throw up our hands in despair and give up when faced with the risk of losing all of our wealth and inheritance to corruption,” said the opposition leader, who left the Maldives last month on a 30-day medical leave in a deal brokered by top diplomats.
The Nasheed-Jameel alliance, announced just last week, has proven divisive but appeared tonight to energize opposition supporters worn out by a year of multiple and unexpected political crises.
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