15 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
Henveiru North MP Abdulla Shahid announced Wednesday his intention to resign from parliament as Hanimaadhoo MP Hussain Shahudhy rejoined the Jumhooree Party.
Shahid, a former speaker and foreign minister, told the press that Wednesday’s sitting was his last as a member of parliament after 25 years.
He is expected to join president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s cabinet as foreign minister. “I will remain in any post given by President Solih,” he told reporters.
MP Shahudhy signed the JP membership form after a meeting with the party’s leadership Wednesday evening.
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