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The six members who stand against the idea of abolishing the party have signed a letter to file a case against Umar Naseer at Maldives Police Service and Election Commission. A meeting was held last night and out of six, five members were attended took the decision.
The members also decided to contact Mr. Hussain Zaheen, one of the council members before registering the case, as he made a request by saying to grant him some more days to make a decision whether or not he should make a public plea on this issue.
The six members who stand against the idea of abolishing IDP have unanimously decided to take legal action against Mr. Umar Naseer for closing the party office last Friday. The members were angered about the contents in the interview given to Haveeru Daily by Mr. Umar Naseer on 1st of September 2009, Tuesday.
Further details will be published progressively.....
It has been weeks of speculation that there is conflicts between Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) council members and party’s President with regard to the future of the party. Since, the speculation began; there was a council meeting held with the purpose of getting approval from the council to abolish the party. After, a long discussion, the council decided to go for a vote and only three votes went for and six, as much as double went against.
However, the council unanimously agreed that the IDP, President can carry out the activities which he was involving in connection with the re-election of Thimarafushee Constituent.
Against the decision and will of majority of the council members, Mr. Umar Naseer has been continuously trying to grip with his decision and giving his views on different medias by saying he will take the issue into the next congress. We as council members, tried our best to convince that he is wrong and it won’t be ethical to go on with his decision to abolish the party, especially being as a President.But rather he can willingly go any political party he wishes after his resignation. However, one must know that, a party is not a single person and it is a collective entity, and he does not have any right to decide on his own.
What more interesting is that, the members who are supporting his decision are his staff members simultaneously IDP council members as well.So, one should not wonder why he is saying majority is not with the outcry of his resignation.
There are many reasons why some of the prominent figures of IDP council are resisting against the idea of abolishing the party.
1-IDP was established for the purpose of promoting certain democratic values in parallel to the Islam.
2-IDP has been playing a very effective role in making the government accountable.
3-IDP was not ready to contest last presidential election, and he Mr. Umar Naseer convinced to the council by saying, “If don’t contest this election, it would be a huge blow for the party and IDP should not be measured in line with other small parties, rather IDP is stronger than the rest and we council members must be responsible for such downfalls if not agreed.” For that reason, we the council members agreed. But one should not measure the strength of IDP by counting the number of votes what Mr. Umar Naseer acquired in last presidential election.
4-Unlike last presidential election, this parliamentary election does not show you anything other than a fight in between a democratically led government who was trying its best to succeed as much number of seats as they could, while a failed group of corrupted leaders who were trying their best to win most number of seat with the help their influence and huge sums of money. Therefore, comparing the effort and money put into the election, the results are not bad. Because, IDP spent just peanuts when compare to the rivals.
5-Independent members of the IDP council (who are not Mr. Umar Naseer’s Staffs) does not believe that the political arena in the Maldives is divided into two, and those members are confident that IDP does have even a bigger and better role to play in the current political grounds.
6-According to party regulation, party cannot be abolished without the will of 2/3 of total members registered and the decision could only be taken by an extra-ordinary congress that represents 2/3 of total party members. How on Earth, it could be done, without amending the party regulation and a call for a congress should be decided by the party council with clear majority.
Due to the reasons above, it is almost impossible to abolish IDP that easily even though Mr. Umar Naseer is determined to do it. I would say that again he is going to ended up with a great disappointment like in the past.
At last, as a fond lover IDP and a council member, I urged Mr. Umar Naseer to resign as soon as possible for the betterment of his political career and us as well. Military rules only follow dictators.....
