The government-aligned Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) unveiled the candidates for several of its key senior posts yesterday (December 22).
Local media reported that interim leader and figurehead, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was the only candidate for party leader or president, while a number of candidates would be contesting for two deputy leader posts.
The candidates for PPM deputy leader include MP Ahmed Nihan, Hussain Manik, MP Ilham Ahmed, MP Moosa Zameer, MP Ahmed Mahloof, MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla, Tourism Minister Ahmed Adheeb and former MP ‘Jausar’ Jaufar Easa Adam.
At a press conference yesterday, PPM also announced 39 candidates for the party’s council. Additionally, candidates for the head of branches or local chapters, the PPM’s women’s and youth wing and various committees were also detailed.
Daughter of former President Gayoom, Dhunya Maumoon, was the only candidate for president of the PPM’s women’s wing.
Internal elections for the party’s posts are due to take place at the long-delayed national congress scheduled between January 17 to January 19, 2013.
In October this year, the PPM congress was postponed for a third time.
Local daily Haveeru reported at the time that that the party cited “political turmoil” as the reason for the delay. The newspaper noted that the party’s charter stipulates that a congress should be held in the first six months after official registration.
The party held its inaugural convention in October 2011.
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