DRP MP Alhan Fahmy says he will join MDP “if I join a party”
03 Feb 2010, 7:09 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Former Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) MP Alhan Fahmy has announced that if he becomes affiliated with another political party during this administration, “it will be the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).”
The MP for Seenu Feydho was suspended from the DRP after he voted against the party during a no-confidence motion against Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed, after he elected to renew diplomatic ties with Israel.
The party’s disciplinary committee suspended Alhan from the party for six months and requested he apologise to DRP members, which he refused to do. He was threatened with expulsion if he failed to comply.
Today Alhan told Minivan News he believed the country was divided between two major political parties, “and all the others are paper parties.”
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