Will sue who vandalized my office premises: President Maumoon

Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) President and former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has vowed to take legal action against those who had entered his Party offices located in H. Themaa, without permission.

Calling it an act on vandalism, the former President tweeted that he will sue those who had vandalized his office.

Police officers entered the premises around 1930hrs Friday night after dismantling the locks on the main door. The entry came after Police had issued a notice to the PPM President's faction to remove the flags and name board at the office before 1800hrs Friday. An order issued by Police on Maumoon's faction said that PPM flag and logo cannot be used under PPM President’s name. Additionally, the order said the faction cannot use the Party name to hold any activities.

The warning came after Civil Court issued an order, late Thursday night, which stated that PPM’s Maumoon faction had essentially violated the Civil Court decree that handed over Party administration to President Abdullah Yameen. The order said that President Maumoon had constantly used PPM logo, flag, run activities using PPM’s name and running a branch, in spite of not having any legal rights to do so.

Therefore, Civil Court had ordered MPS to shut down the offices at H. Themaa, take down the Party flag at the premises. Additionally, Civil Court had ordered any activities using the Party name, logo and flag will be halted immediately.

The offices of Maumoon faction was created in October 2016, after President Yameen’s faction had taken over all assets and powers of the Party.