Yameen faction expels Gayoom from PPM
The ruling party’s ethics committee has also expelled MP Mohamed Ameeth after he refused to vote against Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed’s no-confidence motion.
28 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been expelled from the Progressive Party of Maldives, a party he founded and has led since late 2011.
The expulsion comes after Gayoom formed an alliance with former President Mohamed Nasheed and other opposition leaders “to work together to restore democracy” and sought unsuccessfully to dismantle the pro-government parliamentary majority.
The PPM’s ethics committee, whose legitimacy has been disputed by Gayoom supporters, expelled the 79-year-old on Monday night after considering a resolution forwarded by the party’s council, which accused him of “working with the opposition to overthrow the lawful government.”
The resolution was approved at an emergency council meeting presided over by his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen on Sunday.
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