Independent councillor-elect joins MDP
The Vaadhoo councillor-elect is the first of 101 independent candidates who won seats in the Maldives’ third local council elections to join a political party.
14 May 2017, 9:00 AM
An independent councillor-elect from the southern island of Vaadhoo in Gaaf Dhaalu atoll has joined the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party.
Abdulla Rushdee, who was elected to the three-member Vaadhoo island council along with two candidates from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives, signed for the MDP on Friday night citing “discontent towards government actions and policies,” local media reported.
“I joined MDP to lead the country in the right direction,” Rushdee told newspaper Mihaaru.
Rushdee, however, assured his cooperation with the government in matters related to the development of the island and the atoll.
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