Translation: Gayoom’s statement on PPM reform agenda
In a televised statement Thursday night, Gayoom accused PPM MPs of defying his instructions, working against the party’s founding principles, and facilitating corruption. The PPM leader also suggested that council members asked him to grant the party’s presidential ticket to Yameen under duress.
02 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
After seizing control of the Progressive Party of Maldives amidst escalating internal strife, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom publicly criticised government policies and the ruling party’s parliamentary group for the first time on Thursday night. The following is a translated excerpt of the PPM leader’s televised statement.
Lately, this party’s democratic activities have very much come to a halt. The party’s image, too, has been tarnished among the Maldivian people. This is something the party’s members and I are very concerned about.
The question is why did this come to be? In my view, the biggest reason is the loss of the party’s internal discipline, the diminishing respect for the party’s charter, and the actions of the party’s various organs and members that were contrary to the counsel and thinking of the party’s leadership. When we looked to take disciplinary action against such people, the party’s organs were incapable.
I do not intend to demean any of the party’s organs. I respect all of the party’s organs. But sadly, the truth I have to tell is that the party’s parliamentary group leader has acted against instructions I gave in writing.
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