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Speaker Nasheed's delegation also visits Qasim

20 February 2023, MVT 12:04
Former President Mohamed Nasheed's team meeting with Jumhooree Party leader Qasim Ibrahim at Sun Island Resort
20 February 2023, MVT 12:04

Delegates from the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)'s President and Speaker of the Parliament, Mohamed Nasheed have also met with Jumhooree Party leader Qasim Ibrahim.

Madaveli MP Hussain Firushan, who is one of the members leading Nasheed’s "Fikuregge Dhirun" (meaning "reviving an ideology") movement, tweeted a picture on Sunday night of former Gaafu Dhaalu atoll constituency lawmaker Mohamed Rasheed Hussain and former Madaveli MP Mohamed Nazim meeting with this business tycoon at his Sun Island Resort.

He said that the two former lawmakers were meeting Qasim, who is the Maamigili MP, on behalf of "Fikuregge Dhirun."

Meanwhile, MDP Parliamentary Group Leader and North Hithadhoo MP Mohamed Aslam and Hulhumalé MP Ali Niyaz met Qasim at the Sun Island Resort on Saturday as delegates for President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

Both factions appear to be vying for the Jumhooree Party leader's support ahead of the presidential election on September 9th.

However, Qasim's own party members have expressed a desire for him to contest the election. There are also allegations that Nasheed's team is also requesting that the veteran lawmaker run.

Qasim has yet to make a decision about his involvement in this presidential election. More information will be available after the Jumhooree Party (JP) congress on February 24 and 25.

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