Jumhooree Party (JP)’s Deputy Leader Ameen Ibrahim has said that it is not important for a specific party to have majority in parliament, to fulfill President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s pledges.

Ibrahim said this in response to a statement made by Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader, former President Mohamed Nasheed, where he emphasized that the coalition government will only be able to fulfil its pledges to the people once MDP wins a majority of seats in the Parliamentary Election 2019.

Noting that the incumbent president has not made a bigger pledge than ruling through a coalition, the Jumhooree Party official said that he was “not elected due to a party having majority in parliament.”

Ameen, who previously served as the Transport Minister also stated that President Solih does not need the majority of a particular party to fulfil the pledges he has made to the people, highlighting that the president only needs “sincere people” alongside him to fulfil his pledges.

The parliamentary elections are to be held in April.