Coalition leader Maumoon and wife Nasreena leaves to India

22 ޑިސެމްބަރު 2018 | ހޮނިހިރު 08:40

Maumoon announced that he is leaving to Coimbatore city in the state of Tamil Nadu

Shan Anees | 22 ޑިސެމްބަރު 2018 | ހޮނިހިރު 08:40

Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and former first lady Nasreena Ibrahim

Coalition leader and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has on Saturday left to India for medical treatment, along with former first lady Nasreena Ibrahim.

Maumoon announced, through a tweet, that he is leaving to Coimbatore city in the state of Tamil Nadu. He left through the Velana International Airport on Saturday morning.

Maumoon, who was president since 1978 until he lost the 2008 elections, said that they are to return in ‘a few weeks’.

Maumoon is one of the leaders of the Maldivian government coalition and his Maumoon Reform Movement had contributed to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s election in September’s ballots.

The former president, who served a short prison sentence which was latter overturned, has been diagnosed with a form of vertigo that makes him vulnerable to collapses.

Coalition leader Maumoon and wife Nasreena leaves to India

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