President hands out leaflets on economic reform agenda

President Mohamed Nasheed and senior officials of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) handed out flyers and leaflets containing information of the government’s economic reform agenda near the tsunami memorial area in Male’ yesterday.

Haveeru reported that President Nasheed, cabinet ministers and some MPs started distributing leaflets at the area after 4:30pm yesterday.

MDP meanwhile launched a door-to-door campaign last week to raise awareness among the public of the proposed economic reforms, including the introduction of direct taxation, deregulation and encouraging private ownership of land.