High Court rejects Gayoom’s appeal to return ruling party control

The High Court rejected Wednesday the appeal filed by Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s leader and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to reverse the lower court’s verdict that he hand over party control to his half-brother and incumbent president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

The High Court’s registrar Hassan Ali told Gayoom in writing that as the court has already passed a just verdict for the same lawsuit, Gayoom’s case cannot be accepted.