The Democrats have elected their founder MP Hassan Latheef as the interim chairperson of the newly formed party.
His name was proposed as the interim chairperson by MP Ilyas Labeeb at the party's inaugural meeting held on Wednesday night.
The proposal was approved along with MP Eva Abdulla's proposal for the posts of deputy chairpersons. They are Noonu atoll council president Mohamed Basheer, former deputy environment minister Mohamed Ansar and former CEO of the Local Government Authority (LGA) Afshan Latheef.
They were elected to the interim positions by a vote of 355 out of 357 members present.
The name, logo and colors of the party were also approved during the meeting.
The party adopted its full name, The Democrats, as well as its symbolic name Democrats. Both names were passed unanimously.
The Democrats adopted an 'astrix'' as their logo. Hassan Latheef said the logo symbolizes Maldivian palm trees and corals. The party also adopted three colors - baby blue, white and black.
