Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has returned to the Maldives along with his wife, Nasreena Ibrahim.
The pair had cut their trip to Singapore short and returned to capital city Malé on Friday night, on Singapore Airlines – flight 452. He was welcomed by senior members of the joint opposition parties.
Gayoom had left to Singapore on July 8th, and previously said that the trip would take 10 days.
Following the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, Gayoom had said that 'dictatorships' would also fail.
A black day for democracy in Malidives. No worries. People will always win. Dictatorships will always fail.
— Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (@maumoonagayoom) July 13, 2017
While Gayoom faces corruption charges for allegations that date back almost a decade, he had said that he would work to help parliamentarians that lose their seats as the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday night, reacquire them.
Gayoom has provided the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with a date on which he would present himself for questioning, after the commission announced that it was investigating the case. He provided the commission with the date after it revealed that it intended to summon him.
While Gayoom is to attend ACC’s questioning on either Tuesday or Wednesday, he has denied any culpability for the allegations.
The ACC began investigating claims of discrepancies in the audit reports for Theemuge, the official presidential residence, on 2008 and 2009.
