Mr. Mohamed Muizu, an election candidate with a pro-China policy. Wins Saturday's election to become president of the Maldives Instead of Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the current President who strengthened relations with India.
Muizu, 45, has been nominated by the People's National Congress party to run for president of the Maldives. He received the highest number of votes, 46.06 percent, in the first round of elections on September 9, but due to less than 50 percent, a second round of elections was held on September 30 and defeated President Solih. Voting 54.04 to 45.96, Muizu played a key role in the development project of President Abdulla Yameen's government that ruled the Maldives from 2012 to 2018. The project was partially funded by the Belt and Road Initiative. China (Belt and Road Initiative: BRI), he said in a meeting with Chinese Communist Party officials in 2022 that if his party were to return to government again It will promote the strong relations of the two countries to another level. He also announced that Will release Mr. Yameen, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence on corruption charges.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
President Solih, 61, chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Party, announced his defeat just before midnight on Saturday local time. and congratulated Mr. Mui Su He will serve as interim president until Muizu is sworn in on November 17. Solih was elected in 2018 after popular dissatisfaction with President Yameen's increasingly authoritarian rule. and has been accused of causing the country to fall into China's debt trap. The Solih government tried to restore relations with India. But many are concerned about India's expanding economic and political influence in the Maldives.
Source: Thai News Agency