JP to hold first council meeting after congress Monday

Jumhoory Party (JP) is scheduled to hold its first council meeting after its congress on Monday.

JP’s 150th council meeting is scheduled to begin at 02:00 pm Monday.

At the meeting, JP will make its decision regarding its membership committee, appeal committee, and disciplinary committee elections, and the election of members to positions defined on its constitution.

However, a decision on the recommendation made during the congress to contest in the upcoming presidential election is not on the agenda.

JP’s spokesperson Ali Solih declined to disclose further details regarding the meeting, which will be held behind closed doors.

JP, which is part of the coalition which brought President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to power in 2018, has not accepted his invitation to support his re-election.

JP’s leader Qasim Ibrahim had met with President Solih last week. However, he declined to disclose any information regarding the meeting.

In a recent Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) rally in Th. Hirilandhoo, President Solih said he would face the election with a coalition, and that he was confident of a positive outcome from the invitations sent to JP and Maldives Reform Movement (MRM) – another coalition partner which has yet to make a decision regarding the upcoming election.

Amid the division within MDP, there have been rumors that MDP’s leader, Parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed’s faction has also approached Qasim for a coalition. However, this has not been confirmed through official sources.