Opposition leadership figures join Jumhooree Party
The new recruits included a former vice president, home minister and lawmakers.
27 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
Several prominent figures who were active in the front ranks of the former ruling party during the previous administration joined the Jumhooree Party on Monday night.
The new members who signed for the JP in a ceremony at the party’s headquarters in Malé included former vice president Abdulla Jihad and former home minister Azleen Ahmed as well as former Progressive Party of Maldives MPs Ahmed Nihan, Ali Arif, Ahmed Assad and Ibrahim Falah.
On social media, displeased activists of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party called on President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to expel the JP from the four-party ruling coalition. The new JP members should face investigation over corruption allegations, several people demanded.
Despite making a pact with the opposition alliance led by former president Abdulla Yameen to back each other’s candidates in April’s parliamentary polls, the JP’s nominees remain in top government posts, including the cabinet and vice presidency.
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