PPM denies talks between Nasheed and Gayoom
Abdul Aleem Adam, the PPM’s deputy secretary-general, accused the exiled opposition leader of “lying to bring to President Maumoon into disrepute and to create discord among PPM members.”
15 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
The Progressive Party of Maldives has denied former President Mohamed Nasheed’s claim of ongoing talks with the ruling party’s leader, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, to “legally topple” the government.
Abdul Aleem Adam, the PPM’s deputy secretary-general, accused the exiled opposition leader of “lying to bring President Maumoon into disrepute and to create discord among PPM members.”
Nasheed told reporters in Colombo via Skype on Tuesday night that an alliance with Gayoom against President Abdulla Yameen would create “a new political alignment.”
The embattled president, dogged by corruption allegations and battling a broad opposition coalition, “has lost the support of the Maldivian people, security services, international community and his own party,” Nasheed was quoted as saying.
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