President Waheed to form election coalition with religious conservative Adhaalath Party
30 Mar 2013, 6:43 PM
Neil Merrett
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has announced plans to form a coalition between his Gaumee Ithihaad Party (GIP) and the religious conservative Adhaalath Party (AP), ahead of presidential elections scheduled for later this year.
Writing on his personal Twitter account Thursday (March 28), President Waheed welcomed the support of the AP, while expressing hope other undisclosed parties would be making similar announcements at a later date.
The AP tweeted the same day that its council have approved the coalition with the current president ahead of the September this year.
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