After backlash, Nasheed assures primaries for MDP ticket
There was a backlash to awarding tickets to a dozen unseated lawmakers.
06 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldivian Democratic Party should have primaries to elect its parliamentary candidates, former president Mohamed Nasheed declared Tuesday, after a public backlash to awarding tickets to a dozen unseated lawmakers.
Following a meeting with the MDP leader on Monday, some of the recently reinstated former ruling party lawmakers told the press they have been assured coalition tickets for the March 2019 elections.
All four partners of the MDP-led coalition have agreed to support their candidacies, former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom tweeted.
The news sparked an outcry on social media with many supporters denouncing the move as undemocratic.
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