Gayoom’s son cannot represent PPM, insists majority leader
After a meeting between the PPM parliamentary group and President Abdulla Yameen, Majority Leader Nihan criticised PPM leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s decision to appoint his son to represent the ruling party in the upcoming all-party talks, insisting that Faris Maumoon is no longer a PPM member.
13 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s son cannot represent the Progressive Party of Maldives in the upcoming all-party talks, Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan insisted Wednesday, criticising the PPM leader for refusing to seek approval from the party’s council.
“This is an international meeting. It is mediated by a UN envoy. The person who has to say yes or no on such important matters must be someone endorsed by the party’s council,” Nihan told reporters after a meeting between the PPM parliamentary group and President Abdulla Yameen.
Gayoom last week rebuffed the government’s demand for governing councils to approve representatives for the talks. The PPM council will remain suspended until Yameen loyalists apologise for walking out of its last meeting in July, he said.
MPs Asma Rasheed and Mohamed Shujau have since sought his forgiveness. But three PPM MPs who sued Gayoom over the suspension of committees refused to apologise. The case is ongoing at the civil court’s dispute resolution stage.
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