Gasim reassures coalition partners after Umar Naseer causes rift
“Relations in the coalition that the JP joined to bring the Maldives to the path of reform will not be affected because a particular individual joined JP or due to a member’s different thinking on a particular issue,” Gasim tweeted.
19 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has sought to reassure coalition partners that former home minister Umar Naseer joining the party would not cause divisions within the opposition alliance.
“Relations in the coalition that the JP joined to bring the Maldives to the path of reform will not be affected because a particular individual joined JP or due to a member’s different thinking on a particular issue,” the business tycoon, who was convicted of attempted bribery and sentenced to jail last August, tweeted from exile in Germany.
“And the JP will not allow that to happen.”
After signing up to the JP last Thursday, Naseer declared he would shun any joint activities with the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party or exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed.
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