Adhaalath Party (AP) has composed a committee, as a counsel to its representatives at the Joint Opposition's discussions for the upcoming presidential elections.

The Joint Opposition has said that they will unite behind a single candidate for the elections, as well as 2019's parliamentary elections.

The opposition has formed a committee, named "Ashaara/Navaara", which translates to "Eighteen/Nineteen".

In a tweet posted by Adhaalath Party in Dhivehi, it said that a nine-member committee has been formed as a counsel to its representatives at the 'Ashaara/Navaara' committee- Shidhatha Shareef and Ahmed Shareef. However, it did not reveal the names of the members in the committee.

The "Ashaara/Navaara" committee comprises of eight members. They are; committee leader, Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)'s Parliamentary Group leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih; committee deputy leader, Jumhooree Party (JP)'s Abdulla Riyaz; MDP chairperson Hassan Latheef; JP's deputy leader Hussain Rasheed; president of AP's foreign relations committee Shidhatha; AP's secretary general Ahmed Shareef- along with Yumna Maumoon and Aminath Nadhira from former President's Maumoon's faction of the ruling party.