Adhaalath Party unhappy over number of tickets offered by JP

Leader of Jumhooree Party (JP) Gasim Ibrahim has said that friction has arisen between JP and Adhaalath Party after Adhaalath Party expressed discontent over being given only three tickets, out of the tickets offered to JP by the ruling coalition for the upcoming Parliamentary Election.

Speaking to the media at the JP Office today, Gasim said that he ‘thanked’ Adhaalath Party President Imran Abdulla when he rejected the three slots.

“I told him it’s not possible to give four constituencies. We confirmed three constituencies and informed him, and he replied that he didn’t want those constituencies. He said that he can’t let go of two constituencies. I said, thank you, unfortunately I can’t do that,” said Gasim.

Gasim said that JP has not signed any agreements with or made any commitments to Adhaalath Party.

“We haven’t made any commitments to Adhaalath Party. Nonetheless, we will give them at least three constituencies. When the coalition completed assigning slots, I called Sheikh Imran and said that we’ve got it. He came and ticked five constituencies and said that they wanted those. We gave them [Adhaalath Party] three of the ones they wanted. Then they demanded a fourth slot also,” he said.

Gasim assured that the offer of three slots to Adhaalath Party still stands.