Ex-PPM MP stripped of seat
The former Jumhooree Party MP expressed defiance on social media and insisted that he “remain in the post [that I was] elected to by the people in accordance with the constitution”.
05 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM
The Elections Commission has declared that MP Abdulla Ahmed has been stripped of his seat following his expulsion from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives.
The electoral body informed parliament Tuesday that the MP for the Thinadhoo South constituency has lost his seat due to the Supreme Court’s anti-defection ruling, the state broadcaster reported.
The former Jumhooree Party MP expressed defiance on social media and insisted that he “remain in the post [that I was] elected to by the people in accordance with the constitution”.
Abdulla – who switched from the JP to the PPM in November 2015 – is the seventh former ruling party lawmaker to be contentiously unseated by the EC since the apex court’s July 13 anti-defection ruling, which says that MPs who were elected on political party tickets will be disqualified once the electoral body notifies parliament that they have either left their party, been expelled, or switched parties.
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