DRP MP Ali Waheed to join ruling MDP, claims senior party member
15 May 2011, 3:50 PM
Ahmed Nazeer and JJ Robinson
A senior member of the opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP)’s Z-DRP faction has confirmed to Minivan News that the party’s Deputy Leader and Council Member Ali Waheed is shortly to join the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
Head of the DRP’s sports wing, Hassan Shujau, will also join the ruling party along with Waheed, the source said.
The opposition figure confirmed that the pair were shifting sides “after receiving offers that, if they accept, will allow them to live the rest of their lives without doing any work.”
Rumours of Waheed’s possible jump to the MDP began circulating in the media over the weekend.
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