Former Jumhooree Party (JP) members Hassan Shah and Ahmed Sameer have signed for Maldives Democratic Party (MDP).

Shah is the Managing Director at MWSC while Sameer is Minister at President's Office.

Shah and Sameer resigned from JP after the party's leader and Maamigili constitiuency MP Qasim Ibrahim announced he will contest in the Presidential Elections 2023.

Other members of JP in the current cabinet have also left the party, including CEO of MQA Dr. Abdul Hannan Waheed and Immigration Controller Mohamed Ahmed Hussain (Hanafi).

Dr. Hannan and Executive Director of National Centre for Arts Ahmed Azmeel also signed for MDP along with Shah and Sameer.

They signed for MDP in the presence of MDP Chairperson Fayyaz Ismail and President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.