The PPM's leader has backed the detained vice president's expulsion and a motion to impeach him through parliament. Gayoom also denied that the PPM is weakened...
Opposition MPs warned that the new law would restrict fundamental rights and render the penal code redundant. The "dangerous" law could be used to suppress anti-government...
On its fourth anniversary, the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) has expelled its deputy leader and Maldives Vice president Ahmed Adeeb, days after he was...
During the final debate on the bill, ruling party MP Mohamed Musthafa said the bill was shaped to "keep MPs at gunpoint" and could be used...
The parliament's national security committee has approved a new anti-terrorism bill that opposition MPs fear could be misused to target anti-government activities and jail politicians. The...
"All these people here belonging to MDP should be arrested. This is what we're trying to do. God willing, that will happen now," said ruling party...
President Abdulla Yameen is meeting with MPs of the ruling coalition and its former partner Jumhooree Party (JP) amid anxiety in Malé over an apparent assassination...
MP Ahmed Nihan, PPM parliamentary group leader, meanwhile called Nasheed's high-profile lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney "enemies of the state" after the pair launched a...
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb declared unwavering loyalty to President Abdulla Yameen today, dismissing speculation of his involvement in a blast on the president's speedboat last week.
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) has proposed salary cuts of more than 50 percent for the Malé and Addu city councilors.
The ruling Progressive Party of Maldives' disciplinary committee has been asked to investigate a statement issued by the head of the party's Machchangoalhi south branch, Ahmed...
The Progressive Party of Maldives’ Machchangoalhi south branch has declared support for proposed amendments to the political party law that would strip former President Maumoon Abdul...
President Abdulla Yameen has demoted three political appointees seen as loyal to his half-brother former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom amid rumours of a rift between the...
Naseer was expelled from the PPM in mid-2013 after claiming that presidential primaries were rigged in favour of Abdulla Yameen, whom he accused of having links...
After Gayoom declined an invitation to inaugurate a symposium to launch Yameen's re-election campaign on Thursday night, a pro-government media outlet leaked conversations with PPM MPs...
The parliament today amended the Political Parties Act, mandating the state to allocate office space or plots of land to political parties with more than 20,000...
The draft legislation states that inciting violence at demonstrations and threatening the country’s independence and sovereignty will be considered acts of terrorism and specifies penalties of...
