As local council elections loom, electoral body to decide on ‘real PPM’
The elections commission is due to decide which faction of the PPM has the legal authority to field candidates in the local council elections. Rival factions led by PPM leader Gayoom and President Yameen have invited members to apply for the party’s ticket to contest in the January 14 polls.
17 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
The elections commission is due to decide which faction of the Progressive Party of Maldives has the legitimacy and legal authority to field candidates in January’s local council election.
The PPM was split into fully fledged rival factions Sunday after the civil court stripped former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of his powers as the party’s elected leader and handed over control to President Abdulla Yameen.
Both factions have since held council meetings, appointed secretaries-general, and invited interested candidates to apply for the party’s ticket to contest in the January 14 polls.
Asked which faction’s candidates will be accepted, Ahmed Akram, a member of the elections commission, said the PPM has not informed the electoral body of “any such matter regarding what is happening within the party”.
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