Mohammad Muizzu Party Lost Mayor Election: Amidst the ongoing dispute with India, Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu has suffered a severe blow. His People’s National Congress (PNC) party has lost in the mayoral elections held in the country’s capital Male. The pro-India opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has won a landslide victory in the mayor’s election of the capital Male on Saturday (January 13). The special thing is that Muizzu has been the mayor of Male, he had resigned from the post of mayor to contest the presidential elections.
Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu’s party People’s National Congress (PNC) suffered a shameful defeat in the mayor elections. PNC candidate Aishath Azima Shakur suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of MDP candidate Adam Azim. According to the report of Maldives’ Sun online news portal, Adam Azim’s rival Muizzu Aishath Azima Shakoor of People’s National Congress (PNC) got 3,301 votes, while after 41 rounds of counting, Azim got a total of 5303 votes.
Resigned to contest presidential elections
Till recently, Muizzu held the post of Mayor in Male, the capital of Maldives. Muizzu had resigned from the post last year to contest the presidential elections. On the other hand, Maldivian media has described Azim’s victory as a landslide victory. However, according to reports, there was low turnout in the elections. The MDP is led by pro-India former President Mohammad Solih, who lost the presidential election to pro-China leader Muizzu. With the victory in the mayor elections, MDP’s hopes are coming alive again.
Mohammad Mohammad Muizzu commented
Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu recently returned to Male on Saturday after a five-day state visit to China. As soon as he came to Male, without taking the name of India, he said that our country may be smaller than them, but that does not give anyone a license to threaten us. This statement of Muizzu was given to the Prime Minister on behalf of three ministers of Maldives. Narendra Modi This comes amid a diplomatic row with India over derogatory comments on social media against. During his high-profile visit to China, Muizzu demanded to bring Maldives closer to China.
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