He is the Leaderof the Jumhooree Party, which is part of the current government coalition.
Its 2008 presidential candidate is businessman and former finance minister Qasim Ibrahim.
However, when the election date was announced in early October, GIP formed a coalition with the Maldivian Democratic Party, after being approached by the two other main opposition groups: the New Maldives Movement and the Jumhooree Party.
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