MPs launch lawsuit to wrest control of PPM from Gayoom
Three MPs have filed a lawsuit against Gayoom at the civil court to regain control of PPM.
05 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
Three ruling party MPs have filed a lawsuit against former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom at the civil court to regain control of the Progressive Party of the Maldives.
The three who are loyal to President Abdulla Yameen, Gayoom’s half brother, claim the former president of 30 years had hijacked the PPM by suspending its internal committees and announcing a reform agenda.
The lawsuit is the latest move in a bitter internal power struggle between the Gayoom brothers.
MP Ahmed ‘Avista’ Assad said he and MPs Mohamed Shahid and Ahmed Shiyam had filed the complaint because “the party does not belong to one man.”
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