The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) branch on Feydhoo in Seenu Atoll has claimed the island’s MP, Alhan Fahmy, would not have been elected to parliament had he run as an Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) candidate.
Alhan crossed the floor to the ruling MDP after he was suspended from the DRP for voting against the party line over a no-confidence motion against Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed.
DRP Feydhoo branch president Hussein Rasheed claimed that of the 14 candidates, “Alhan was elected due to the campaign DRP ran for him.”
”It is without doubt that Alhan would not be a parliament member if he had run as an independent or a candidate of another party,” Rasheed said, adding that the MP’s decision to jump had “saddened him” and that the party’s branch “would still accept him back.”
DRP senior member of the branch Mohamed Moomin said only a few DRP supporters had resigned over Alhan’s jump, but otherwise he ”had not noticed anybody shifting parties.”
He said that while many people on the island supported Alhan, ”people voted for DRP and not for Alhan.”
Alhan agreed that 85 per cent of his votes were from DRP supporters but claimed ”I would have been elected even if I was an MDP candidate.”
”There are DRP candidates who failed in the parliamentary election,” he said, adding that he “does not like to argue about the issue.”
Spokesman for MDP Ibrahim Haleem said Alhan’s conduct was professional and he could have won the parliamentary election without DRP’s help.
”During his short term in the parliament he has proved to the people just how professional he is,” Haleem said.
He claimed DRP supporters were claiming otherwise “because of personal issues they have with him.”
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He is such a fake.
politician (no definitely not one) of the lowest calibre. traitor of the contituents....lets see what we can of this person who was so eloquent to speak of "munaafiqun and their attributes".
Long live Alhaan! He is the only MP with the guts to call for the resignation of those Adhaalath Ministers in this government. So he should be seen as a hero rather than a traitor. DRP was stupid to expel him from their party. He is the only politician with rational thinking.
Adalath claims this guy is a mole. I can smell that too.