PPM primaries for local councils to take place on January 27
Primaries are being held for ten Malé City council seats, 16 atoll and 38 island council seats, the MP said. Candidates have been selected for some 212 constituencies without a primary contest.
16 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM
The Progressive Party of the Maldives will hold primaries for some 64 of 276 local council constituencies on January 27, a spokesman has announced.
Candidates who wish to win the ruling party ticket will be vetted, and only those who score above 75 points will be allowed to contest, said Secretary General Abdulla Khaleel.
Primaries are being held for ten Malé City council seats, 16 atoll and 38 island councils, the MP said. Candidates have been selected for some 212 constituencies without a primary contest.
Some 50 of the 653 posts have been allocated for PPM’s allies, the Maldives Development Alliance and the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party.
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