Gayoom's son adopts lessons learnt from yesterday's opposition

Its been quite interesting observing Ghassan Maumoon using the courts to try and declare the election for the Thimarafushi constituency he lost to be null and void.  

His lawyers have assembled witness statements, photographic and video evidence, and the support of NGO Transparency Maldives to try and make their case.  This is exactly the same tedious process that the opposition to Gayoom used to weaken his footing.  Unfortunately back then the courts were firmly under the control of the presidency.  Despite this they worked hard to document election fraud and human rights abuses.  This was done both by MDP and the NGO Maldivian Detainee Network.

Their trailblazing efforts must have inspired Ghassan and his legal team.