PPM split worsens as ‘Yameen faction’ walks out of council meeting
Gayoom, the leader of the PPM, said the members who walked out objected to the presence of his son Faris Maumoon and Aminath Nadira, who they insist have been expelled by the party’s disciplinary committee.
20 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
Members of the Progressive Party of Maldives’ council loyal to President Abdulla Yameen walked out of an emergency meeting called by the party’s leader Tuesday night to resolve a worsening factional split.
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom told the press that the members who walked out objected to the presence of his son Faris Maumoon and Aminath Nadira, who they insist have been expelled by the party’s disciplinary committee.
“I said it’s up to you to remain here or not. But I don’t believe they have been expelled,” said the PPM leader.
The disciplinary committee is comprised of seven members, he added, but the pair was expelled with only three members in attendance.
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