Maldives president recorded a record 15-hour press conference. world News
Colombo: Maldives President Mohammad Muizu Addressing a press conference for nearly 15 hours, his office said on Sunday, claiming that Ukrainian leader Volodimier broke a previous record organized by Zelancesi.
46 -year -old Muizu started the marathon press conference at 10:00 am on Saturday, and it continued with brief stagnation for prayers for 14 hours and 54 minutes, his office said in a statement.
The statement said, “The conference extended at midnight – a new world record by a President – to continuously answer questions with President Muizu,” the statement said.
In October 2019, Ukraine’s National Records Agency claimed that the 14-hour-hour press conference of Zelansky broke the record of more than seven hours organized by Belarusi’s Strongman Alexander Luusashenko.
The Government of the Indian Ocean Islands said that Muizu’s extended session was also intended to match with World Press Freedom Day on Saturday.
“He accepted the important role of the press in society and emphasized the importance of factual, balanced and fair reporting,” the statement said.
During the long season, Muizu also responded to the questions submitted by the members of the public through journalists.
The statement said that Muizu, who came to power in 2023, was also marking the rise of his island nation at 104th of the 180 countries in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, published by reporters of Borders (RSF).
The statement said that during Saturday’s session, he answered several questions.
About two dozen journalists participated and served food.
An predecessor of Muizu set a more world record by holding a underwater cabinet meeting for the first time in 2009, to highlight the rising level threat of the sea that could have marshed a low-fledged nation.
Former President Mohammad Nasheed took a dip in his ministers, all scuba gears, for a national level television meeting in the Indian Ocean.
The Maldives is on the border of the fight against global warming, which can increase sea level and malase the country of 1,192 small coral islands scattered across the equator.
