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The People’s National Congress (PNC) won a landslide victory in the Maldives’ general elections held on Sunday (Apr. 21), with the country’s Elections Commission announcing the party claimed 66 of the first 86 seats declared, already more than enough for a two-thirds supermajority in the 93-member five-year term parliament. The PNC is the party of pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu, who has recently signed a military agreement with Beijing in an apparent move away from traditional benefactor India. Agence France Presse reported that the vote was seen as a crucial test for Muizzu’s plan to pres…

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