Dr. Didi to join another political party

Recently sacked elected President of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Dr Ibrahim Didi has expressed his decision to join another political party.

In an interview to VTV, Dr. Didi said that he decided to join another political party because MDP has ceased to function as a democratic party. However, Dr. Didi said that he had not decided yet on which party he will join.

Dr. Didi said that he was sacked by the party because the self acclaimed Supremo of the MDP, former President Mohamed Nasheed wants Mariya Ahmed Didi to be the party president.

The party’s elected Vice President Alhan Fahmy who was also sacked by the MDP national congress has also expressed his decision to join another political party.

Meanwhile, MDP President Dr. Didi and Vice President Alhan Fahmy has been at loggerheads with former President Nasheed and both individuals had voiced reservations against MDPs militant actions since Nasheed’s resignation. Both had advocated participation in all-party talks and finding a peaceful resolution to MDP’s woes. According to analysts, Alhan Fahmy’s “crime against MDP” that triggered Nasheed to engineer a no-confidence vote against him was a motion to Peoples’ Majlis to investigate the very same coup allegation that MDP itself is investigating. However, the rest of MDP MPs except a few, have opposed Alhan Fahmy’s motion and obstructed the parliamentary subcommitee from undertaking the investigation.