Transport minister at odds with party leader
She publicly opposed her husband’s decision to endorse opposition candidates.
14 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
Transport Minister Aishath Nahula has publicly opposed the decision of her party’s leader to support opposition candidates for the April 6 parliamentary elections.
Earlier this week, Speaker Gasim Ibrahim – Nahula’s husband and Jumhooree Party leader – announced the ruling coalition party’s endorsement of 32 opposition candidates in exchange for the Progressive Party of Maldives-People’s National Congress alliance’s support for JP candidates.
But Nahula, a JP council member, told Raajje TV at an event on Wednesday night that she would never support opposition candidates.
“Any candidate backed by [former president] Abdulla Yameen does not have my support. I will remain with the government. I believe that the JP will also remain in the government coalition,” she was quoted as saying.
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