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Ex-Maldives president heads for a comeback with landslide win

Addressing the supporters at the victory rally, President Solih reiterated his zero tolerance policy for corruption

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Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. (Photo:PTI)

Reuters
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's party is heading for a historic landslide victory in parliamentary elections, provisional results showed, a move that will help him to investigate the scale of debts to China.

With 85 per cent of ballot boxes counted, candidates from Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) lead in more than 60 out of 87 constituencies, according to local media projections.

The Indian Ocean archipelago has been caught in a battle for influence between India and China, which invested millions of dollars during Yameen's rule as part of its Belt and Road plan.

Since he unseated