Former President Abdullah Yameen has been chosen as the presidential candidate of the Progressive Coalition consisting of Progressive Party of Maldives and People’s National Congress (PNC) to contest in the upcoming Presidential Election in 2023.
The decision was announced last night by the President of PNC Abdul Raheem Abdullah via a series of tweets.
Abdul Raheem tweeted that the former President had now accepted the coalition’s decision and that under Yameen’s rule, the people of the Maldives would see a country that fully upholds the laws of Islam and a country that is economically productive.
Meanwhile, PPM announced in a tweet that the Joint Council of the Progressive Congress Coalition has unanimously voted to elect President Abdulla Yameen as the coalition’s Presidential Candidate for the 2023 Presidential Election.
Despite winning the candidacy, the former President is still embroiled in legal battles due to the corruption charges related to the MMPRC scandal. If he is convicted of any of the charges, Yameen would not be eligible to compete in the election next year.
