[1] On June 2, 2005, the country's 50 member parliament voted unanimously to allow and operate political parties in Maldives.
[1] The founding members are Umar Naseer, Mohamed Haneef, Ahmed Inaz, Mohamed Ibrahim Didi, Abdulla Waheed and Mahamed Hassan Manik.
Umar Naseer was a Police officer respected by his superiors and subordinates alike.
Mohamed Haneef was a police officer, who resigned from the military and began his political career.
He is well known among Maldivians as the person who organised two strikes against then President Ibrahim Nasir in 1975.