The opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has criticised the party’s former Secretary General Mohamed Nimal for the “irresponsible” manner of his departure to join the incipient Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).
DRP Media Coordinator Ali Solih told newspaper Haveeru that Nimal was appointed to the post under an agreement signed three months ago.
“Resigning through an SMS alone will not do,” he said. “He has to hand over the tasks he was given. I believe he should have discussed with party leaders about the tasks before making a decision.”
Nimal, who contested unsuccessfully for the Maafanu-South council seat of Male’ City, was appointed secretary general of DRP on July 1 after the resignation of Abdul Rasheed Nafiz.
Nimal said he quit the DRP because he was “convinced that PPM has the capacity to win the next presidential election among all the opposition parties. I saw the determination of all the senior members involved in creating the party to win the presidential election. PPM can save the people from this government.”
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I believe the challenge for Maldives today is to apply Islamic precepts to a more open society with very concrete needs. We are a nation that is culturally conservative and founded in Islamic principles. We must work towards being a prosperous, democratic Muslim state.
Ideally Maldives must now be governed by a party that is deeply religious, but operates within a system that protects liberties. A puritanical view would be to the detriment of the nation and its peoples as we move towards modernity and development.
Let us look at models that combine Islam and modernity, like Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia and identify ourselves accordingly rather than taking the mantle of Islamism for political ends
This shows how stupid and childish this guy is. Maldivian democracy is in its baby stage. Hopefully it will grow beyond this early stage.
Fahmy, dont look at one side of the coin, why dont the mature you contribute to the maldivian democracy then