Yameen
Opposition courts ruling coalition leader Gasim
The Jumhooree Party leader was urged to leave the ruling coalition.
20 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
Yameen dials up campaign rhetoric
The PPM’s first major rally in months was marred by reports of forced attendance by civil servants and employees of state-owned companies, whose attendance was marked upon entrance at a security check-point.
21 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
Yameen condemns opposition’s ‘anarchist, ruinous ideology’
Accusing the opposition of “advocating the destruction of institutions” and “calling for attacks against the police and military”, Yameen said: “These aren’t characteristics of democracy. Political leaders cannot openly criticise the courts and the judiciary.”
10 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
Security forces descend on Villigili for Yameen visit
Hundreds of police and soldiers descended on Gaafu Alif atoll Villingili ahead of a visit from President Abdulla Yameen, cracking down on opposition protesters by removing banners and placards.
27 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM
Yameen on Adeeb and corruption allegations in rare press conference
President Abdulla Yameen took questions from reporters for the first time since October 2015 at an extraordinary press conference in mid-July. He addressed long-standing allegations of corruption and spoke at length on the ruling party split and loss of the pro-government majority in parliament.
21 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
‘The cash that entered my house was not halal’: Yameen
The opposition has seized upon President Abdulla Yameen’s apparent admission that he benefited from a historic corruption scandal pinned on his jailed former right-hand man.
15 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
Maldives ready for executions in September, president declares
The Maldives will be ready to carry out the first executions in more than 60 years next month, President Abdulla Yameen declared Sunday amid growing international concern over the reintroduction of the death penalty.
07 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
Mourning the brutal murder of Yameen Rasheed
Azim Zahir examines the rise of Salafi-Wahhabism, the more recent Salafi-Jihadism, and the new type of violence represented by the cases of Dr Afrasheem Ali, Ahmed Rilwan and Yameen Rasheed.
24 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Both sides certain of victory ahead of no-confidence vote
Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of victory in the upcoming no-confidence vote against the parliament’s speaker.
23 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Maumoon’s monsters
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s own creation—one of the most corrupt judiciaries in the world—has finally turned around and bit the hand of its Master, writes Azra Naseem.
18 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
PPM MP threatens to sue Al-Jazeera over corruption expose
A ruling party MP threatened to sue al-Jazeera last night over an upcoming documentary about alleged corruption and abuse of power by President Abdulla Yameen that has put the government on the defensive.
22 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Tariq Ramadan’s appeal for President Yameen to stop imminent execution
In a letter sent to President Yameen on July 5, the renowned Islamic scholar wrote that executing Hussain Humam without the consent of the victim’s family “would contravene the fundamental principles of Islamic law.”
06 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
PPM split a ‘big gift’ to opposition, says Yameen – transcript of speech
If the dispute with his half-brother former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is not resolved, Yameen said the increasingly acrimonious PPM split “will be a big Eid gift to our opposition, or those who would obstruct the development of the Maldives.”
05 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom accused of ‘hijacking’ PPM as power struggle intensifies
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been accused of “hijacking” the Progressive Party of Maldives as a power struggle with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen for control of the ruling party intensified today.
30 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
The cult of Yameen
President Abdulla Yameen and his wife have increasingly taken to feasts, festivals and colourful ceremonies, attended by fawning ministers and MPs, as his popularity sags amid a historic corruption scandal.
09 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
First couple departs for Malaysia
President Yameen will be meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak whilst the first lady is scheduled to deliver a lecture at the three-day ‘Permata International Conference: Children Beyond Tomorrow.’
30 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Yameen hits back at Gayoom’s criticism of development vision
Yameen hit back at Gayoom who had said that he was impressed by a group of young people he had met who did not “believe the Maldives should become another Singapore.”
17 May 2016, 9:00 AM
EU denies claim it revoked duty-free status for Maldives fish on gay rights grounds
President Abdulla Yameen’s claim that the European Union had revoked duty-free status for Maldives tuna over the country’s failure to implement freedom of religion and homosexual rights is “inaccurate,” a European Union official has said.
09 May 2016, 9:00 AM
President Yameen to make official visit to India
President Abdulla Yameen is scheduled to make an official visit to India ahead of a crucial Commonwealth summit. He is due to call on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 10.
08 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
India, Sri Lanka ‘lobbying’ Maldives for ex-president’s release
Lobbying by Maldives’ neighbours India and Sri Lanka played a pivotal role in President Abdulla Yameen’s sudden change of heart in authorising jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed’s travel to the UK for medical treatment, according to media reports.
17 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
