Gayoom seeks to stay court battle for control of PPM
Gayoom has asked the civil court to halt a lawsuit over control of PPM, filed by MPs loyal to Yameen, until September when he returns from a private trip abroad.
07 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the Maldives’ former president of 30 years, has asked the civil court to stay a lawsuit filed against him by MPs loyal to Abdulla Yameen, his half-brother and current president, for the control of the ruling party.
The court is scheduled to hear the complaint for Monday, but the Progressive Party of the Maldives has asked for proceedings to be halted until September, when Gayoom returns to the Maldives from a private trip to Malaysia.
The 78-year-old head of the ruling party had suspended its committees and launched a reform program when Yameen loyalists sought to expel his son, MP Faris Maumoon.
Abdul Aleem Adam, a party official, said the Yameen faction no longer have a case against Gayoom as he had cancelled the suspension of the party’s committees on July 14.
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