Housing and Environment Minister Mohamed Aslam has been appointed as acting head of the Finance Ministry.
The appointment was made in the wake of Ahmed Inaz’s resignation from the post on December 29, following a covert meeting with Mulaku MP Abdulla Yamin of opposition Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) on December 27.
The meeting, held in a car on a poorly lit side of Male’, was discovered by ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) activists who demanded Inaz’s resignation.
State Finance Minister Ahmed Naseer also resigned on December 29, for undisclosed reasons.
