101 East speaks to Asia’s longest serving leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition candidate Mohamed Nasheed at the Maldives‘ first free elections. In this edition of 101 East, we look at this turning point of democracy in Maldivian history and ask both presidential candidates why Maldivians should vote for them.

Sir David Frost talks to Mohammed Waheed Hassan, the vice-president of the Maldives, about climate change and why something has to be done to save the Maldives from rising sea levels.