Yameen faction clears out party headquarters, removes nameplate
Yameen’s supporters have cleaned out the PPM headquarters with police’s help, removing computers, documents, and furniture on Friday, and finally stripped the party’s nameplate from its walls on Sunday.
31 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen’s supporters have cleared out the Progressive Party of the Maldives’ headquarters with police’s help, removing computers, documents, and furniture on Friday, and finally stripping the party’s nameplate from its walls on Sunday.
“Some unknown characters have forced open the PPM office and are taking away things in trucks,” former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who is locked with his half brother in a battle for the ruling party, decried in a tweet on Friday.
“Isn’t this robbery?” he asked.
Gayoom is the elected leader of the PPM, but Yameen loyalists have successfully petitioned the courts to seize control of the party. The civil war, which has split the party into fully fledged rival factions, was triggered by the 78-year-old former president’s refusal to endorse his younger brother, 57 years, for the 2018 presidential polls.
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