PPM MPs seek reconciliation between Gayoom brothers
MPs of the Progressive Party of Maldives are seeking to mediate between the party’s leader and the incumbent president to resolve a bitter power struggle that has split the ruling party.
10 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
MPs of the Progressive Party of Maldives are seeking to mediate between the party’s leader and the incumbent president to settle their differences and resolve a bitter power struggle that has split the ruling party.
The PPM parliamentary group on Sunday decided to arrange a meeting between former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and President Abdulla Yameen in a bid to encourage reconciliation, MP Jameel Usman told local media.
The meeting will take place at a mutually convenient date, he added. The half-brothers have reportedly not spoken in months.
The factional strife appeared to worsen last week after Gayoom rebuffed the government’s demand for the PPM’s council to approve representatives for the upcoming all-party talks. The condition was imposed after Gayoom appointed his son to represent the party.
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