Will form large coalition to “shock” Nasheed if elected: PPM Umar Naseer
02 Mar 2013, 5:55 PM
Luke Powell
Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) presidential primary candidate Umar Naseer has revealed he intends to form a multi-party coalition should he win the PPM presidential election.
Speaking at artificial beach on Friday night (March 1) as part of his campaign rally, Naseer announced that a “wide coalition” must be formed in order to defeat the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in the elections scheduled for later this year, local media reported.
Latest figures from the political party registry of the Elections Commission (EC) show that PPM currently has 22,765 members signed to its party – 23,769 members less than the MDP’s 46,533 total membership.
“It is not the way these days to do things on your own. If you give me the PPM leadership, I will form a wide coalition, God willing.
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