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Gayoom wins sixth five-year term
Colombo, Oct 20: Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom won another landslide to confirm his hold on power and rule the Indian Ocean Achipelago for a sixth five year term.
Colombo, Oct 20: Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom won another landslide to confirm his hold on power and rule the Indian Ocean Achipelago for a sixth five year term.
According to election officials, out of 93,000 votes
counted so far, Gayoom had secured 88.8 percent, well above
the 51 per cent mark needed to win the referendum to confirm
his unanimous election by 50-member Majlis or parliament last
month.
Bureau Report