Adhaalath

MDP and Adhaalath team up in six constituencies

The MDP candidate for the Mahibadhoo constituency dropped out.

Nasheed denies backing alcohol sale at guesthouses

The former president was denounced for saying “alcohol sells.”

Religion takes centre stage in Maldives election

Hardliners support the incumbent while the religious conservative party backs the opposition.

Both sides certain of victory ahead of no-confidence vote

Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of victory in the upcoming no-confidence vote against the parliament’s speaker.

No-confidence motion filed to remove Speaker Maseeh

Opposition lawmakers have submitted a no-confidence motion to remove Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed, posing the first credible challenge to President Abdulla Yameen’s previously unassailable majority in parliament.

Government tight-lipped amid growing clamour to reveal Saudi project for Faafu atoll

Speculation of the imminent sale of Faafu atoll to the Saudi royal family intensified this week when the media learned of the Saudi King’s upcoming official visit to the Maldives, prompting concerns over the scope for corruption, threats to sovereignty, and potential damage to the environment.

Gayoom rebuffs government’s demand of council-endorsed representatives for talks

The government demanded that representatives for all-party talks must be endorsed by executive councils after Gayoom appointed his son to represent the PPM. A majority of the divided ruling party’s council is seen as loyal to President Abdulla Yameen in the ongoing fued between the Gayoom brothers.

Has the Maldives United Opposition failed to ‘restore democracy’?

As rumours of Yameen’s imminent ouster fizzle out and detainees languish in jail, Omkar Khandekar asks if the opposition coalition has failed in its bid to remove the embattled president and “restore democracy.”

After Commonwealth warning, government renews call for dialogue

On Sunday, the government asked the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party and the Adhaalath Party to send details of its representatives for all-party talks “as they were the only parties who have not yet done so despite several previous requests.”

Family requests Nazim’s transfer from jail to house arrest

The family of former defense minister Mohamed Nazim has requested his transfer from prison to house arrest with an appeal filed over the 11-year-jail term on weapons smuggling charges stalled indefinitely at the High Court.

MDP proposes radical roadmap for political reconciliation

Three arrested from opposition protest

May Day protest pickup driver faces terrorism charges

Opposition alliance opens meeting hall in Malé

Jumhooree Party accepts president’s invitation for talks

Opposition, police raise fears of violence on May Day

“Maldivians against brutality” alliance to launch activities tonight

Former bitter rivals unite against “brutality” of President Yameen’s government

MDP to work with Adhaalath Party as Sheikh Imran calls for “national unity alliance” against government

Adhaalath Party withdraws support for President Yameen