There is no Supreme Leader in MDP- MDP President

President of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Dr. Ibrahim Didi has said that the charter of MDP does not mention any stipulation of the party to have a Supreme leader and that the party has no Supreme leader.

In a 16 second long audio leaked on some social networks, MDP President Dr. Didi said that it is not his opinion but the apparent reality.

“This is not my idea. Isn’t it? This is the apparent reality as you have mentioned. That title is not even mentioned on the charter. The charter is available on our website. Last congress was held when MDP was the ruling party. So when the party is the ruling party and the President is our Presidential Candidate then he will be our highest authority. But not a Supreme Leader. A resolution was proposed to the congress. If you take a look at what was passed and what was not, you will see that this resolution wasn’t passed. You have understood me, right? It wasn’t passed. But despite it being rejected at the congress it was included in charter with the many amendments brought to it. Understood? So some people, especially those who worked at the President’s Office then promoted it, right? So if they promote a Supreme Leader. And the media also follows them. That is how it came to be,” he said.

Dr. Didi added, “Do you know what they proposed? In their resolution it was stated that if the President is from our party then the party’s highest authority will be him. Then the second in authority is the President of the party. And in the next article it clearly mentions that when the party is in the opposition the highest authority of the party will be the party’s President.”

“So what I am saying is even if it was passed in the congress who would be the highest authority in the party today? The party’s President. The elected President of the party,” he said.

Meanwhile, in another audio of Dr. Didi which surfaced on the social networks, he is heard to be saying that the current government is a national unity government and the government shows no signs of it being a military dictatorship.