President committed to maintain, strengthen government coalition: Gayoom

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and former President and government coalition leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom have held discussions.

Taking to twitter after the meeting held at the President’s Office, Gayoom expressed his honor and privilege of having met the President.

Further, Gayoom thanked the President for his commitment to “maintain” and “strengthen” the government coalition in which his Maumoon Reform Movement (MRM) is a part of.

Shedding light on the issues discussed between both leaders, Gayoom went on to express his satisfaction with the mutual agreement shared between them in all the issues that were highlighted.

Details of the discussions were not shared by the former President.

Thank you President YE @ibusolih for the honour and privilege of meeting you today and for your commitment to maintain and strengthen the Coalition. I am extremely happy that we had total agreement on all issues discussed. pic.twitter.com/QM5E3xsVMB
— Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (@maumoonagayoom) April 16, 2019

This meeting comes at a time the government coalition has been observed to be “hanging by a thread”. A dispute between Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and Jumhooree Party (JP) leaders led to the estrangement of Jumhooree Party leader Qasim Ibrahim from the government. All four parties in the coalition, MDP, JP, Adhaalath Party and MRM had contested for the past Parliamentary Elections separately.

In the end, main ruling MDP had secured a super majority in the ballots held in mid-April, securing over 60 seats for the 19^th tenure of Parliament, set to begin by the end of May.