Gayoom appeals for fair ruling from high court
After concluding hearings today, the high court is due to decide whether the civil court was right to hand over control of the ruling party from Gayoom, the PPM’s elected leader, to his half-brother, President Abdulla Yameen.
22 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has urged the high court to rule fairly in the dispute over the leadership of the bitterly divided Progressive Party of Maldives.
After concluding hearings today, the high court is due to decide whether the civil court was right to hand over control of the ruling party from Gayoom, the PPM’s elected leader, to his half-brother, President Abdulla Yameen.
The ruling was appealed without Gayoom’s knowledge by a man who was not party to the dispute, forcing the former president’s lawyers to file a third party intervention.
Gayoom’s lawyer Husnu Suood reportedly told the court today that the appellant Abbas Wafir is an associate of MP Mohamed Shahid, one of the two lawmakers who sued the PPM leader.
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