COLOMBO: The Exiled former leader of the Maldives an**unced on Thursday he would return to run for election as president of the troubled Indian Ocean nation, despite facing jail after a controversial conviction on terror-related charges.
Mohamed Nasheed became the Maldives’ first democratically elected president in 2008, but was narrowly defeated in 2013 elections by President Abdullah Yameen. Nasheed was later jailed on terrorism charges he says were politically motivated. He has lived in exile for the past year after Maldives authorities gave him leave to travel to London for medical treatment.
But on Thursday he an**unced he would contest the 2018 presidential elections, following talks this week in Colombo with his Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
"We have decided that the MDP will produce a candidate, I am hopeful to be that candidate," the 49-year-old told reporters in Colombo after talks with party leaders living in exile in the Sri Lankan capital.
02-10-2017, 10:13 PM
Exiled Maldives leader to stand for poll
COLOMBO: The Exiled former leader of the Maldives an**unced on Thursday he would return to run for election as president of the troubled Indian Ocean nation, despite facing jail after a controversial conviction on terror-related charges.
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