Ex-PPM councillor facing prison sentence declares support for Yameen
“I have withdrawn the support I gave for President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in the political arena since 2008,” declared Zaidul Ameen, who has been in and out of jail since January.
17 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
A former Malé city councillor on trial for obstruction and unlawful acquisition and disclosure of information has switched factions in the divided Progressive Party of Maldives.
“I have withdrawn the support I gave for President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in the political arena since 2008,” Zaidul Ameen declared Monday night on his social media accounts.
“And I have decided to do everything I can to re-elect President Abdulla Yameen in the 2018 election and to maintain this government that came to power in 2013 through [a campaign] with my involvement.”
Zaid, who previously represented the mid-Henveiru constituency in Malé city council, was a staunch loyalist of former president Gayoom. He was expelled from the PPM along with MP Faris Maumoon last year amid an acrimonious leadership dispute between the Gayoom brothers that split the ruling party into rival factions.
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