Vice President no longer co-chair of economic council
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been stripped of the title as co-chair of the powerful economic and youth council, days after the tourism portfolio was taken off his hands.
21 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been stripped of the title as co-chair of the powerful economic and youth council, days after the tourism portfolio was taken off his hands.
MP Ahmed Faris Maumoon, nephew of President Abdulla Yameen, broke the news on Twitter last night.
Adeeb is in China on official business. He appears to be under fire over an explosion on Yameen’s speedboat on September 28. The government says the blast was an assassination attempt.
President’s spokesman Ibrahim Muaz Ali was not responding to calls, but said on Twitter that the co-chair of the cabinet’s economic and youth council is not an official post.
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