Sheikh Imran urged to defect to Maldives ruling party
The ruling party’s VP pick has raised eyebrows in some quarters.
10 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
The ruling party’s vice presidential candidate defended his decision to accept the nomination, urging his former colleague to leave the Maldives opposition and switch sides.
Dr Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed was a founder of the Islamist Adhaalath Party and a former minister for Islamic affairs. He resigned from President Abdulla Yameen’s government in 2015 after the party’s leader, Sheikh Imran Abdulla, was jailed following a rally on May Day.
Shaheem said his conscience would not allow him to continue serving the government when a close brother had been jailed. The Adhaalath Party is currently part of the opposition alliance seeking to oust Yameen in this September’s election.
Shaheem was announced as the party’s vice presidential pick this month, prompting criticism.
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