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Since the Maldivian Criminal Court sentenced former president Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison shortly before the elections, the Elections Commission denied and rejected the decision to allow Abdulla Yameen to compete in the elections. This rejection came to Supreme Court and the trial was concluded on 4 August 2023. [41]
Abdulla Yameen, former president and leader of Progressive Party of Maldives. [20] However, since the Maldivian Criminal Court sentenced former president Yameen to 11 years in prison, [21] Yameen was disqualified from running the presidential election. [22] Nominated by People's National Congress's as a 'Backup' candidacy. [23]
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom's tenure as the 6th President of the Maldives began on 17 November 2013 after he won the 2013 Maldivian presidential election against then-President Mohamed Waheed Hassan and ended on 17 November 2018 after he lost to Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the 2018 Maldivian presidential election.
Muizzu entered the fray with support from pro-China former President Abdulla Yameen, who was banned from contesting the election by the Supreme Court in August following a conviction for ...
A court in the Maldives on Thursday threw out former President Abdulla Yameen's 11-year prison sentence on money laundering and bribery charges and ordered a retrial. The development comes two ...
Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was transferred from prison to house arrest on Sunday, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff.
1 October: Abdulla Yameen is transferred from prison to house arrest following the election of PNC candidate Mohamed Muizzu as president. [8] 13 October: Pro-Palestine protests are held around the Maldives due to the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. [9] 24 November: Abdulla Yameen leaves PPM. [10]
The highest court in the Maldives on Sunday rejected a plea from the country's jailed former president that he be made eligible to contest next month's presidential election. Abdullah Yameen's ...