3. Abdulla Yameen Running mate: former Home Minister Dr Mohamed Jameel Read this candidate’s manifesto Biography Abdulla Yameen is an MP and the half-brother of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. He variously headed both the State Electric Company (STELCO) and the State Trading Organisation (STO) during Gayoom’s administration. Yameen is contesting the election as a … Continue reading Candidate 3: Abdulla Yameen
2. Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik – updated 12/10/2013 Dr Waheed has announced his withdrawal from the October 19 election. He received 5.13 percent in the annulled September 7 poll. Running mate in the first round, Leader of the Dhivehi Rayithunge Party (DRP), Ahmed Thasmeen Ali. The DRP allied with the MDP following the first round. … Continue reading Candidate 2: Dr Mohamed Waheed
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has alleged that senior officials of the government were attempting to threaten senior party figures in a bid to obstruct the party’s campaign, ahead of the upcoming presidential elections.
Maldives’ Elections Commission Chairperson Fuwad Thowfeek discusses electoral preparations, precautions, and politics as the 2013 presidential election approaches.
HRCM member Jeehan Mahmoud said that the decision to punish the minor, which has since garnered global attention, represented “continuous failure” on behalf of the whole state to protect children and other victims of sexual abuse.
The Prosecutor General (PG) has filed drug related charges against Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) senior figures who were arrested on Hondaidhoo Island in November last year while they were in possession and under the influence of illegal substances.
Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim has said “enhancements” will be made to US Government-supplied border controls in the next few days, amidst allegations the technology is a poor replacement for the more comprehensive Nexbis system it supplants.
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has claimed the country will in a position to afford development projects from next year as a result of his government clearing bills worth millions of US dollars, he alleged were incurred through the previous administration’s borrowing.
“Nasheed’s followers are anti-Islamic people like him and huge criminals. The rest are people under the influence of his black magic. Most people are bewitched and under black magic spells. This is the state of this country,” declared the head of the Adhaalath Party, at the Jumhoree Coalition’s first major rally.