Former President Abdulla Yameen described how President Mohamed Muizzu secured the PPM/PNC presidential ticket as a series of 'coups', saying the first coup occurred when he was jailed. Former Vice President Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, who was Yameen's senior lawyer, interpreted the two coups as Yameen's imprisonments and party efforts to secure the ticket, and accused party senators of taking bribes.
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First, when I was taken to jail, there was a coup. I took stock but ignored it. Then there was another coup. Some acted on their own volition and in good faith, but were stopped,
The President [Yameen] probably knows the best way to explain the President's viewpoint. However, I saw that the President was referring to the first time the President went to jail. The party's presidential ticket,
Obviously it was carried out [by saying] 'now we can do this' and they took people individually and offered them money, and even paid them to stop street action and things like this,
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Then Yameen was barred from contesting the Presidential Elections due to his outstanding jail sentence. ... should Yameen be unable to contest due to his 11-year jail sentence.
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Earlier reports gave 11-year 1 Oct, 19:23 Maldives Republicthree-year 5 Aug, 23:16 Maldives Republic
