PNC loses bid to defend North Hithadhoo seat to Sobe

4 weeks ago

The ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) failed to defend the North Hithadhoo seat at the Parliament on Saturday, as the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s Abdulla Sodiq (Sobe) won the tightly contested by-election. The North Hithadhoo seat was previously filled by Mohamed Sinan (Sina), a politician from the ruling party, who lost it on April 12, after losing a Supreme