Emergency meeting of the PPM Council comes to a halt - unable to continue

The emergency meeting of the Council of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) that started at their main office has come to a halt due to difference of opinions and unable to continue.

The chair at the meeting that started at 9 p.m. tonight was the President of PPM and former President of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

As the first meeting of the party’s council after the internal turmoil in the party started is moving forward, there have been rumors that President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom would be attending the meeting.

Vice President of PPM, Abdul Raheem Abdulla along with a number of members of the party’s council is in attendance at the meeting including the MP for the Dhiggaru constituency, Ahmed Faaris Maumoon and Party Council Member, Aminath Naadhira, who was previously dismissed by the Disciplinary Committee of PPM is also in attendance.

With their participation in the meeting, the supporters of President Yameen in the party have left meeting saying that the meeting cannot proceed with them in attendance.

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