Jumhooree Party ticket to include eight sitting MPs and retired police commisioner
30 Jan 2014, 7:10 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Jumhooree Party has selected nine parliamentary candidates for March’s elections, choosing eight sitting MPs as well as retired Commissioner of Police Abdulla Riyaz.
The ticket for Kimbidhoo constituency was given to Riyaz as he signed for the party yesterday. Speaking at the Jumhooree Party’s (JP) ‘Kunooz’ headquarters, leader Gasim Ibrahim requested that the people of the constituency vote for Riyaz.
Gasim also endorsed former Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Ahmed Sameer, who joined the party the previous day after being guaranteed the ticket for the Dhidhoo constituency he currently represents.
The party selections have received some negative responses from supported both insides and outside of the party.
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