Yameen handed control of ruling party
The civil court has stripped former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of control of the Progressive Party of the Maldives, and installed his half-brother and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, as leader of the ruling party
16 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
The civil court has stripped former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of authority over the ruling party, and installed his half-brother and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, as leader.
The verdict is the latest in the battle for influence at the Progressive Party of the Maldives’ top leadership, triggered by the 78-year-old former president’s refusal to endorse Yameen for the 2018 polls.
Judge Mohamed Haleem – ruling in favour of two MPs who had petitioned the court to order Gayoom to reconvene the party’s governing council – found Gayoom “incapable of attending to the duties of his job.”
Haleem said that the authority to administer the PPM now lies with the 33-member governing council, adding that the party’s advisor, Yameen, was to lead it.
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