PPM divisions reopen over Gayoom’s opposition to grant Yameen party ticket
MPs and members of the PPM have taken to social media calling for Yameen to be awarded the party ticket without a primary after local media claimed that former president and PPM leader Gayoom had refused to endorse his half-brother for the 2018 polls.
16 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Members of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives’ council are petitioning former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to award the party ticket to his half-brother and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, without a primary.
But Gayoom, the president of the PPM, has refused to endorse Yameen, local media report
Yameen launched a re-election bid for the 2018 polls last year, barely two years into his five-year term.
The petition had the support of the majority of the 33-member council, including two of Gayoom’s four children, party officials have confirmed to The Maldives Independent.
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