Maldives Democratic Party (MDP)’s internal election to appoint a party chairperson was postponed to May on Tuesday evening with a vote by the MDP congress.
The vote to postpone the election as it coincides with Ramadan 2022 was proposed by the Minister of Economic Development and Chairperson candidate Fayyaz Ismail. Fayyaz proposed to reschedule the election to 14 May 2022.
However, MP for Maafannu North constituency Imthiyaz Fahmy and rival candidate argued against the postponement.
The congress took an ugly turn as tensions escalated between President Solih and Speaker Nasheed’s loyalists.
