Gayoom’s secretary-general pays MVR85k fine for contempt of court
Aleem was fined after a five-judge panel decided that he contravened a civil court ruling that stripped Gayoom of his powers as the elected leader of the Progressive Party of Maldives.
08 May 2017, 9:00 AM
Abdul Aleem, the secretary-general of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s faction of the divided ruling party, has paid an MVR85,000 (US$5,500) fine for contempt of court.
Aleem was fined by the civil court on April 27 after a five-judge panel decided that he contravened a ruling that effectively gave President Abdulla Yameen control of the Progressive Party of Maldives.
The civil court in October stripped Gayoom of his powers as the party’s elected leader and ordered Yameen to resume council meetings under his leadership. The PPM’s governing council promptly put Yameen in charge of the party but Gayoom reacted by reconstituting both the council and disciplinary committee with loyalists.
After two hearings during which he was grilled by Chief Judge Abdulla Ali, Judge Mohamed Haleem, Judge Hassan Fahmy Ibrahim, Judge Ali Naseer and Judge Ali Abdulla, Aleem was found guilty of contempt of court and ordered to settle the fine within 10 days.
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