Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom


High Court overturns ex-president Gayoom’s conviction
He was sentenced to 19 months for refusing to hand over a mobile phone.
18 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM


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


Police orders removal of national flag from Gayoom’s office
The police have ordered the removal of the national flag from former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s office in Malé, citing new regulations that require the home ministry’s permission to hoist the national flag on private premises.
12 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM


Gayoom forced to leave without military bodyguards
The former president’s military bodyguards were prevented from accompanying him on a private visit to India, delaying his flight by an hour after the security personnel were forced to remove their luggage.
09 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM


PPM backs barring soldiers from voting
Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan contended that the changes are necessary to ensure public confidence in the military, insisting that the party is working “genuinely with honest intentions” for the good of the military.
04 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM


Police accused of seeking false testimony to arrest Gayoom
Zaidul Ameen, a Malé city councillor under arrest on a blackmailing charge, has accused a senior police officer of threatening to keep him in custody until he gives false testimony that could be used to arrest former President Gayoom.
25 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM


Police orders Gayoom to cancel meeting with PPM members
Gayoom was planning to launch a series of meetings with PPM members when two police officers visited the former president’s office this afternoon and informed his son Faris Maumoon that the gathering cannot take place.
18 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM


Rival PPM factions vie for grassroots support
Gayoom is preparing to travel across the Maldives to meet supporters whilst the Yameen faction is planning to hold a rally of the “real PPM” in Malé on Friday night.
02 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM


The full transcript of Gayoom’s speech on withdrawing support for Yameen
Gayoom withdrew support for his brother, Yameen, accusing him of cracking down on dissent and facilitating corruption, and went on to condemn for the first time, the jailing of opposition leaders in his three-year rule
29 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


Gayoom withdraws support for Yameen
“I have decided to withdraw my support for this government from this moment on, and I will not support this government in the future,” Gayoom said.
28 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


Supreme court rejects Gayoom’s bid to gain control of ruling party
The apex court said it found no “legal basis” to hear Gayoom’s petition, and ruled that the civil court was right to install his half-brother and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, as head of the PPM
28 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


“The JP supports the JP”: Jumhooree Party opts to play it safe
Hussein Rasheed Hassan says the bitter experiences the Jumhooree Party has had in the past prevent them from taking sides in the ongoing PPM dispute or align itself with the opposition.
24 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


High court to hear appeal over PPM leadership dispute
A civil court ruling that stripped former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of his powers as the elected leader of the Progressive Party of Maldives has been appealed by a loyalist of President Abdulla Yameen
20 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


Elections commission recognises Yameen faction as legitimate PPM
The elections commission has decided to recognise a faction led by President Abdulla Yameen as the legitimate Progressive Party of Maldives over a rival faction led by the ruling party’s elected president.
19 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


Gayoom speaks out on feud with Yameen: “Why did he let things go this far?”
Excerpts of Gayoom’s press conference, in which he defied a civil court order that stripped him of control of the ruling party and ruled out reconciliation with Yameen, his half-brother and incumbent president
17 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


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


Gayoom’s son cannot represent PPM, insists majority leader
After a meeting between the PPM parliamentary group and President Abdulla Yameen, Majority Leader Nihan criticised PPM leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s decision to appoint his son to represent the ruling party in the upcoming all-party talks, insisting that Faris Maumoon is no longer a PPM member.
13 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


PPM MPs seek reconciliation between Gayoom brothers
MPs of the Progressive Party of Maldives are seeking to mediate between the party’s leader and the incumbent president to resolve a bitter power struggle that has split the ruling party.
10 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM


PPM denies talks between Nasheed and Gayoom
Abdul Aleem Adam, the PPM’s deputy secretary-general, accused the exiled opposition leader of “lying to bring to President Maumoon into disrepute and to create discord among PPM members.”
15 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM


Gayoom praises PPM MPs for rejecting ‘unconstitutional’ bills
Gayoom, who heads the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives, said the lawmakers who voted against the party’s whip line did so “in line with the ruling party’s principles and objectives”.
21 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM