DRP’s leader will be party’s presidential candidate
16 Feb 2010, 7:25 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has decided that their candidate for presidential election will be the party’s leader, a decision made during the first day of the party’s third annual congress.
DRP spokesman Ali Solih said the party decided during today’s meeting that it would not hold primaries to elect the party’s presidential candidate, with “only a few of our supporters calling for primaries.”
DRP’s national congress meeting started at 3pm in Dharubaaruge, with former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom speaking at the opening ceremony.
DRP MP Ahmed Ilham said more than 900 DRP supporters attended the national congress.
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