Yameen sets up rival council as ruling party descends into civil war
“This is the real PPM. I am repeatedly telling you that those behind President Yameen is the real PPM,” MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla has declared
17 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has set up a rival council to govern the Progressive Party of the Maldives after a court stripped its leader, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, of all of his powers.
The ruling party has descended into open warfare with Yameen locked in a battle with his half-brother and former president for control over the party.
Gayoom, who remains defiant, had convened a council of his own supporters earlier in the day, and announced that he would appeal the “unlawful” civil court verdict, which had also installed Yameen, who sits on the governing council as an advisor, as the leader of the PPM.
“This is the real PPM. I am repeatedly telling you that those behind President Yameen is the real PPM,” declared MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla after the rival council’s first meeting on Sunday.
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