Opposition parties shuffle leadership after electoral defeats
Former president Gayoom’s son is among the PPM’s three new deputy leaders.
21 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM
The Progressive Party of Maldives has elected new deputy leaders as the opposition coalition led by former president Abdulla Yameen seeks a leadership change in the wake of heavy defeats in the presidential and parliamentary elections.
MPs-elect Ghassan Maumoon and Ahmed Shiyam along with former housing minister Dr Mohamed Muizzu were appointed deputy leaders or vice presidents at a meeting of the PPM’s top council chaired by Yameen on Saturday night.
They join former legal affairs minister Azima Shukoor as deputies to PPM president Yameen.
Former tourism minister Moosa Zameer, who was elected as the PPM’s third deputy leader during an extraordinary congress last year, has resigned, MP Ahmed Shiyam told the Maldives Independent.
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