MDP denies internal rifts over presidential pick
Debate is raging about who should be the main opposition’s presidential candidate.
01 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party denied Sunday there were internal rifts over its new presidential pick.
It named MP Ibrahim Mohamed Solih as its nominee at a congress after former president Mohamed Nasheed withdrew from the electoral race.
Nasheed landed the MDP’s presidential ticket late May, after winning more than 40,000 votes in a primary in which he was the sole candidate.
The Elections Commission declared the MDP primary unlawful over Nasheed’s ineligibility to run for office with a 13-year prison sentence. He had been found guilty of ordering the “abduction” of a judge after a widely condemned trial.
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