Gasim denies role in no-confidence motion against speaker
“Neither JP nor I are working to remove Speaker Maseeh. I refute MP Ahmed Nihan’s claims,” Gasim said in a tweet.
13 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
Gasim Ibrahim, the leader of the Jumhooree Party, has denied involvement in rallying support for a motion calling for a no-confidence vote in the speaker of the parliament.
The tourism tycoon said that neither he nor the JP were involved in the effort to remove Speaker Abdulla Maseeh, as claimed by Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan.
Nihan has accused Gasim and former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the deposed leader of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives who is at war with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen, of orchestrating the plan.
“Neither JP nor I are working to remove Speaker Maseeh. I refute MP Ahmed Nihan’s claims,” Gasim said in a tweet on Wednesday in an announcement that has been widely perceived as a rejection of the motion and one that throws the opposition’s plans to break Yameen’s stranglehold on power into disarray.
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