Secretary General for the Maldivian Democratic Party(MDP) Hussein Shah said that if the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) wins the upcoming island and atoll council election, “islanders will regret it.”
Shah accused the DRP of not wanting to “bring powers close to the people”.
”They wish everyone to be crowded in Male,” Shah said. ”Their purpose is to try and stop the government from fulfilling its pledges.”
He said the party was trying to make people understand how things would be like if DRP won the election.
”In parliamentary elections we did not win the majority,” he said. ”Now people can witness the DRP MPs trying to [sabotage] the beneficial bills sent by the government.”
DRP MP Abdulla Mausoom said people had “no confidence” in the current government “as they have feel that it is a dictatorship.”
Mausoom said that people knew now that “nobody in the MDP thinks about the nation and its people.”
”In all the islands of the country we see people against MDP,” he said. ”It’s up for them to make a good decision.”
Press Secretary for the President Mohamed Zuhair said that a loss to DRP in the island and atoll council election would mean the government “will not be able to do anything for the people.”
Zuhair said after the council election there will be a direct link between the government and the islanders.
”Look at the parliament now – the situation is worse there than in countries that have civil wars,” he said.
He said the supposed date to hold the elections had now passed.
DRP Deputy Leader Umar Naseer claimed that the government had proved it could not run the country.
”Eighteen months have passed and they haven’t done anything,” Umar said. ”DRP would try to do everything it can to develop the islands.”
”Nothing will happen if MDP wins, ” he said. ”Things will be just same as they are.”
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