President holds press conference for 15 hours

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for nearly 15 hours, his office said yesterday, claiming it broke a previous record held by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Mr Muizzu, 46, began the marathon press conference at 10:00 am (0500 GMT) on Saturday, and it continued for 14 hours and 54 minutes with brief pauses for prayers, his office said in a statement.

“The conference extended past midnight — a new world record by a president — with President Muizzu continuously responding to questions from journalists,” the statement said.

In October 2019, Ukraine's National Records Agency claimed that Mr Zelensky’s 14-hour press conference had broken an earlier record of over seven hours held by Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko.