The ruling coalition partner, the Jumhooree Party (JP), will hold its congress on February 24 and 25.
A JP official told AVAS that the congress would be held at Dharubaaruge in Male' City for two days in February. The main task of the congress will be to amend the party's constitution and elect members to the party's new council.
The first responsibility of the new council will be to decide on the upcoming presidential election, party spokesperson Ali Solih told AVAS earlier.
According to the current constitution of the JP, the party's presidential candidate will be the party leader. Currently, the position is held by the former Parliament Speaker, Qasim Ibrahim.
Qasim Ibrahim contested the 2008 and 2013 presidential elections on the JP ticket. He could not contest the 2018 election as he was serving a sentence at the time. In 2018, instead of putting forth its own candidate, the party formed a coalition with the main-ruling MDP to back President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
