WorldExiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president, who repeatedly threw him in jail, to “legally topple” the current leader of the troubled honeymoon islands. But on Tuesday he indicated he wanted to bury the hatchet with Gayoom, amid reports of a rift between the former strongman leader and his half-brother, current President Abdulla Yameen. We can restore democracy in the Maldives.” Nasheed said he had forgiven Gayoom and was in talks with his faction of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) “for a new political alignment”. Yameen's spokesman Ibrahim Hussain Shihab has said there are differences within the ruling party, but that these are not serious. Asked on Tuesday whether Gayoom would help bring down his own half brother, Nasheed replied: “Half brothers hitting at each other is Maldives politics.

Source: Sunday Times September 14, 2016 11:41 UTC