PPM to hold party congress to decide on presidential primary
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives will hold a congress to decide whether the party should award its ticket to incumbent President Abdulla Yameen or call a primary.
04 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives will hold a congress to decide whether the party should award its ticket to incumbent President Abdulla Yameen or call a primary.
The congress will take place in November 2017, a year before the 2018 polls, according to a reform agenda put out by PPM leader and former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
The strongman who ruled the Maldives for 30 years has refused to grant his half-brother, Yameen, the PPM ticket without a primary, triggering a power struggle that has now split the party.
A majority of the PPM council, including two of Gayoom’s children, had signed a petition urging the ticket be awarded to Yameen, but Gayoom branded the petition invalid, suggesting that council members were coerced into signing.
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