Gayoom vows to uphold constitution as Nasheed speaks of new alliance
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has vowed to uphold the Maldives constitution after the opposition leader spoke of an alliance between the pair to oust the country’s current leader, Abdulla Yameen
07 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has vowed to uphold the Maldives constitution after the opposition leader spoke of an alliance between the pair to oust the country’s current leader, Abdulla Yameen.
Mohamed Nasheed, who ended Gayoom’s 30 year rule in 2008, told the Indian Express of a new partnership with his rival to oust Yameen, half-brother to the 78-year-old former president.
“We have always understood democracy to be the best path of development and a better life. We’ve always advocated that, and when we see Gayoom on the same page as us, it would be very foolhardy of us to turn around and go,” he said Monday.
The Progressive Party of the Maldives responded in a brief statement: “The president of the PPM, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, will always act according to the constitution, and would like to assure his beloved supporters that he will not act in any manner that may contravene the constitution.”
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