Thursday 24 April 2008
The historic live debate between Maldivian Democratic Party's presidential primary candidates concluded successfully last night. The event was organised by DhiFM and was broadcast live on both DhiFM radio as well as on national TV, TVM. Presented by Khaleel and Masood, the debate was a complete success and covered a whole range of topics related to their campaign. In addition to policy questions on how each of the candidate would solve major public issues, such as housing, health, education and transport, questions were asked on various aspects of the democratic campaign which is expected to produce the first ever multiparty elections in the Maldives within the next 12 months.
The event was sponsored by Round One Bookshop and the organisers had to pay TVM for the broadcast, despite the fact that this was a
