President Mohamed Nasheed was greeted with protests when he arrived in Laamu Maavah late afternoon yesterday.
Haveeru reports that clashes occurred between supporters of the president’s Maldivian Democratic party (MDP) and opposition groups gathered at the jetty, with police using tear gas to disperse the crowd.
An islander recounted that protesters marched behind the President’s entourage as it visited various island institutions, protesting at unfulfilled pledges by the President to build 50 housing units and a fish processing factory in the island.
“They protested outside everywhere the President went,” he said, adding that an opposition supporter had to undergo treatment for minor injuries sustained during the scuffle with government supporters in the island.
In the parliamentary elections of May 2009, all five constituencies of Laamu Atoll were won by the minority opposition People’s Alliance (PA) party.
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