President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is set to participate in his first presidential primary campaign event tonight, ahead of the vote on January 28th.

According to his campaign team, the special event with President Solih will be held at 9:00pm tonight at MDP Haruge.

President Solih will be facing Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed in the MDP Presidential Primary. It has been noted that while Speaker Nasheed has been actively participating in campaign trips and activities, President Solih has been largely absent from his campaign activities.

He has been met with strong criticism regarding this, where Speaker Nasheed had also alleged that his campaign is being run in absence.