Pres. Muizzu meets Speaker Abdul Raheem
Muizzu met with the Speaker at the President's Office, amid rumors of a strained relationship between the two leaders
President Muizzu received by Speaker Abdul Raheem at the People's Majlis for the inaugural parliamentary sitting for 2025.
President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has met with Speaker of the Parliament Abdul Raheem Abdulla.
Abdul Raheem visited the President's Office on Thursday to call on the president.
Photos of Abdul Raheem’s car entering through the gates of the President's Office have been circulating on social media.
At a time Abdul Raheem has called on President Muizzu, the speaker had previously stated that the relationship between the two had soured.
That was the day when Ibrahim Faisal, son of the speaker, was dismissed from his position as the Minister of Tourism.
In an interview given to a Maldivian media outlet in Malaysia the same day, Abdul Raheem said that if the close relationship that existed with President Muizzu at the beginning of this administration had remained, his son Faisal would not have been removed from his position.
Abdul Raheem added that Faisal had been carrying out his assigned duties and responsibilities very thoroughly, and that he had no idea whatsoever, why President Muizzu decided to dismiss him from his position.
After cutting his trip short, when Abdul Raheem returned to Malé, rumors had spread that his relationship with President Muizzu had severely deteriorated.
Some parliamentarians representing the main ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) had also stated at the time that discussions were held about removing Abdul Raheem from the position of Speaker of the People’s Majlis.
While rumors spread about the severely deteriorated relationship between the two, officials in the government who have connections with Abdul Raheem have been dismissed from their positions as well.
This includes senior executives of state-owned companies. Following the incident, Abdul Raheem has not spoken to the media since arriving in the Maldives.
