Six British Parliamentarians visited Maldives on Sunday 21 July as part of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) delegation, according to a statement from the British High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
“The cross-party group, made up of four MPs and two Members of the House of Lords, had meetings with the Speaker of Parliament, the Chief Justice and the Minister for Human Rights, Gender Equality and Family. They discussed the importance of the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections, the need for on-going judicial reform and also raised concerns over recent cases of flogging,” the statement read.
The delegation also heard about the challenges faced by Maldives in making its transition to a multi-party democracy and offered British CPA support for helping to develop key democratic institutions,” it added.
According to the statement, the parliamentarians were “disappointed” not to have the chance to meet with President Mohamed Waheed during their visit.
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Why should our Islamic President meet with pork-eating white colonialists? All you lot want is gay marriage and Zionism to spread in these islands. This snub is part of the jihad the President and his son-in-law plan - a mission to impose Shariah and martial law on these villages. Ma Sha Allah.
American ideologies are presently being promoted and no-way would they allow the British to to regain their status which Nasheed had openly supported.
Americans are known to use wars and the divide and rule methods which we just had a hint from the tapped conversations within the ruling family. Thank god Adhallath quit the coalition otherwise they would have got arms to destabilize the country as its happening in the muslim world.
As for the Brits, well be patient. September is a stone throw and you would be back in business in exchange of the tourists we desperately need. Our bars are empty, the resorts lack the laughter and the local islands lost business.
The chinese tourists are bad for business, and now the government is forced to set up a mortuary as chinese death rates keep climbing.