Thimarafushi MP Abdulla Riyaz and Vilimale’ MP Ahmed Usham have been appointed as the Leader and Deputy Leader of Maldives National Party’s (MNP) Parliamentary Group – respectively.
MP Usham has confirmed the appointment to Sun.
Following the listing of MNP on Elections Commission’s register of political parties in the Maldives – MNP has also been listed in the Parliament’s register of political parties.
At present – there are three sitting parliamentarians who belong to MNP; MP Riyaz, MP Usham and MNP’s Leader, Dhangethi MP Colonel (Retired) Mohamed Nazim.
MNP was officially registered as a political party on last Monday.