The President’s Spokesperson, Muivaan has stated that the manifesto made by the ruling coalition parties doesn't talk about changing the governance system.

Muivaan's comments came after Former President Mohamed Nasheed said that changing the country's governance system was part of the party's 2018 manifesto.

President Nasheed has been supporting a parliamentary system since the beginning and calling for the country's governing system to be changed into a parliamentary system without interruption.

Speaking at a recent ask speaker programme, Nasheed said that while MDP is going to the primary, it should keep in mind the manifesto released in the last election. Nasheed said that many things are happening in this regard, but MDP's most significant promise to the MDP members was to change the system of governance.

However, Spokesperson Miuvaan for the President's Office dismissed nasheed's claims about the party's manifesto and governance.

Miuvaan told local media that the coalition manifesto submitted in 2018 did not mention regime change.

A vote of the people was also taken to decide on a system of governance previously seen in the Maldives. However, the poll concluded that the country should have a presidential system.

However, Nasheed has refused to accept it and still wants to turn the country into a parliamentary system.

At the party congress held this year, he also moved a resolution to change the system in power. However, it did not move forward without support.

It is clear that non-MDP parties also want a presidential system.