The MDP chairperson race is shaping up as the opening round of the contest for the 2028 presidential ticket. Former President Mohamed Nasheed is running on a “Bodu Badhalu” reform platform with former chairman Fayyaz Ismail as his pick for head of government. Meekail Naseem, 32, is pitching himself as the neutral broker.
In an op-ed for the Maldives Independent, the Galolhu South MP sets out three commitments: a free and fair primary to elect MDP’s 2028 candidate, a congress to modernise the party’s 20-year-old structure, and budgets for the youth and women’s wings. https://maldivesindependent.com/opinion/maldivian-politics-has-become-a-contest-of-personalities-it-needs-to-be-a-contest-of-principles-9bbe
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