PPM wants to bar candidates who lose primaries from contesting elections
The amendment to the Political Parties Act states that candidates who fail to secure a political party ticket cannot contest elections independently or on the ticket of another party.
20 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives wants to bar candidates who fail to secure a political party ticket from contesting elections independently or on the ticket of another party.
If passed, the amendment to the Political Parties Act will apply to all elections, including local council, parliamentary and presidential elections.
MP Saud Hussain’s proposal comes as a deeply divided ruling party scrambles to fight an opposition coalition in January’s local council elections.
The PPM was plunged into civil war when President Abdulla Yameen and his half brother, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, began fighting for the control of the ruling party.
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