Jumhoree Party (JP)’s deputy leader Abdulla Riyaz has told President Abdulla Yameen to clean his ears for the 2018 presidential election.

The JP leader said this in a tweet, written in Dhivehi, after President Yameen, in a speech on Sunday, said that if anyone wants to talk to him about not being able to protest at a particular place, or complain about keeping a particular person in prison, they will have to clean his ears first.

Riyaz said the opposition will continue to talk about the government's abuse of the courts to imprison political opponents.

He also said that the citizens have already punished President Yameen for not listening to their vows, and will punish him again in the 2018 presidential election.