JP council to decide presidential candidate
The JP’s national conference got underway Friday at exiled leader Gasim Ibrahim’s Paradise Island Resort.
23 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The Jumhooree Party has decided to field its candidate in September’s presidential election if the opposition coalition is unable to agree on a single candidate.
Exiled leader Gasim Ibrahim made the announcement via video conference Thursday night during an unofficial meeting with delegates at the party’s third national conference.
The two-day conference got underway Friday afternoon at Gasim’s Paradise Island Resort.
After weeks of bickering with the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party over fielding a single candidate, the JP announced a shadow cabinet last week without any MDP members, prompting denials from the Adhaalath Party and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s aides about an agreement to back a JP-led coalition in September.
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