State funds released to indebted opposition party
The funds were withheld over a leadership dispute.
08 May 2019, 9:00 AM
State funding owed to the opposition Progressive Party of Maldives has been released after a lawsuit was filed over the year-long delay.
Some MVR8.6 million (US$557,700) was disbursed last week, a finance ministry official confirmed.
It was owed from MVR11 million allocated from the 2018 state budget. The funds were withheld after the Supreme Court was petitioned to resolve a leadership dispute between former presidents Abdulla Yameen and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
The Elections Commission asked the finance ministry to release the funds after the apex court ruled in favour of Yameen in late January.
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