101 East of Aljazeera speaks to Asia’s longest serving leader, President of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition candidate Mohamed Nasheed at the Maldives’ first free elections.

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In the two-part report/interview, 101 has looked at the history of democracy in the Maldives and carried out exclusive interviews with both presidential candidates and asked them why Maldivians should vote for them.

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Maldives is now at a huge turning point it its history of governance and democracy as it’s awaiting the second round of its first ever multi party elections to elect a president tomorrow.

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