Opposition supporters celebrate President-elect Solih's win, in capital city

Supporters of the joint opposition parties have on Saturday celebrated President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s win in the Presidential Election held on 23rd September, at the Fuvahmulah campaign site in capital city Male’.

The celebration was held at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, at “Jazeera Fuvahmulah” campaign site.

RaajjeMV understands that vice-president-elect, Faisal Naseem, native to Fuvahmulah city, recently freed Member of Parliament Ahmed Mahloof, as well as unseated opposition aligned MP for north-Fuvahmulah constituency, Ali Shah had also joined the celebration on Saturday night.

Furthermore, residents of Fuvahmulah in the capital city also partook in the celebration, along with members of the four parties that comprise the joint opposition parties, main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Adhaalath Party (AP), Jumhooree Party (JP) and Maumoon Reform Movement (MRM), a breakaway faction of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) representing jailed strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

It has also been understood that the joint opposition parties will be hosting a grand ceremony to celebrate the triumph over outgoing President Abdulla Yameen, and that Saturday night’s celebration was just one held by frontrunners of the opposition campaign movement.

It is notable that a wave of celebratory events has swept all across the nation since the temporary results were announced on Sunday.

While the final results were announced on Saturday, it was revealed that Solih and Naseem took the lead with a majority of 134,705 votes, which is 58.4 percent of those who had cast their votes, with President Yameen coming in second with 41.6 percent votes, which is 96,052 votes.