Opposition in disarray after JP announces shadow cabinet
The Adhaalath Party and former president Gayoom’s aides denied any agreement to back a JP-led coalition in September’s presidential election.
20 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The opposition coalition appears on the verge of collapse after the Jumhooree Party unveiled a shadow cabinet without the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party.
Shortly after JP’s exiled leader Gasim Ibrahim announced his 20-member cabinet in a Facebook live video Tuesday, the Adhaalath Party and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s aides denied any agreement to back a JP-led coalition in September’s presidential election.
There was no consultation before Adhaalath Party leaders and Gayoom’s daughters were named in the JP cabinet, they declared.
JP deputy leader Abdulla Kamaludeen, who was assigned the labour ministry portfolio, was also caught by surprise. “I’m not someone who likes to accept posts that I am given or am about to be given without being asked,” he tweeted.
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