The main--ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) will conduct their Congress on August 4, the party's National Council has decided.
The National Council meeting held Thursday night was conducted to decide the dates on which the party's Parliamentary Group Election, Chairperson Election, Party Primary for the 2023 Presidential Election, Youth and Women's Wings elections would be held.
During the meeting, MDP's President for Male' City, Sifa Muhammad, proposed to hold a Congress before conducting the party's primary, to bring amendments to the Constitution. The council approved to hold the Congress on August 4 and to hold the Youth and Women's Wings elections on April 16.
While the number of votes in favor of the propositions was not noted, MDP's Henveiru MP Hassan Latheef shed light on the matter and explained how a proposition was considered approved without voting.
'Our national council is being conducted much like how some other countries conduct theirs. We are treating the vote in a similar manner now- if we know any proposition is a clear winner, we do not proceed with a vote and consider it passed and announce it,' he said.
During MDP's National Council, two other matters were settled: the term for elected posts mentioned in party charters other than parliamentary group members will be five years, and an election must be held before the term ends, and the seat becomes vacant. If a seat becomes vacant for any reason, an election must be announced within 30 days.
