MALE, Maldives — Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom is working on ways to remain in power despite having conceded defeat in the presidential election earlier this week, the country’s opposition alliance said Wednesday. Mahloof said Yameen is also trying to get police officers loyal to him to prepare intelligence reports saying the election was flawed. Provisional results released Monday showed that joint opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih decisively defeated Yameen with about 58 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s election. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Hussain Shihab noted that Yameen had conceded the election in a speech Monday. Yameen also consolidated power by exerting control over the courts, bureaucracy, police and the military.

Source: National Post September 26, 2018 10:54 UTC