The Adhaalath Party (; , AP) is a political party in the
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...
.
History
The AP was registered as a political party in August 2005, when political parties were allowed to operate for the first time following widespread protests for democracy.
Adhaalath has been active in the political arena and has been instrumental in all the recent government changes. Along with
Jumhooree Party, Adhaalath has played a pivotal role in the elections, the balance of power shifting to the side to which Adhaalath Party supported during the second round of both the recent presidential elections.
The party's first president was Sheikh Hussain Rasheed Ahmed.
After the tenure of Sheikh
Hussain Rasheed Ahmed, Sheikh Imran Abdullah became the second president of Adhaalath Party.
Dr. Mauroof Hussain, a noted E.N.T specialist trained in India has been the vice president of the party since the beginning.
Since May 2015, after the Adhaalath Party together with the main opposition
Maldivian Democratic Party
The Maldivian Democratic Party (, ''Dhivehi Rayyithunge Demokretik Paati''; MDP) is the first political party formed in the Republic of Maldives.
The party is supportive of the promotion of human rights and democracy in the Maldives. It won ...
organised a rally calling for ending government corruption and judicial reform, the current president of the party Sheikh Imran Abdullah has been incarcerated without trial by the government of president
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom after Abdullah gave a speech in support of former president
Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed (; born 17 May 1967), also known as Anni (), is a Maldivians, Maldivian politician and activist who served as president of the Maldives from 2008 until his resignation in 2012. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Part ...
.
On 16 February 2016, Sheikh Imran was sentenced to 12 years in prison, convicted on a terrorism charge for the speech he gave at the opposition protest held on 1 May 2015, which the government said to have created fear and mistrust among the locals, leading to multiple injuries to police officers, locals and their properties. Following the
2018 presidential election, the Adhaalath Party became a member of the ruling coalition government with its President Sheikh Imran serving as the Home Minister
for
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's cabinet.
Election results
People's Majlis elections
See also
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List of Islamic political parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public pol ...
References
External links
Adhaalath Party Website(Dhivehi)
{{Maldivian political parties
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Islamic democratic political parties
Islamic political parties in the Maldives
Political parties established in 2005
Political parties in the Maldives
Sunni Islamic political parties