Former Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, contesting the MDP presidential ticket, urged the party not to draw development partners into domestic politics and to focus criticism on the government instead. The MDP National council is scheduled to consider a resolution on Eagle Hills' proposed Rasmale' project on the night of 1 Nov, while MDP Chairperson Mohamed Nasheed warned the party against embracing xenophobia.
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The MDP National council is scheduled to consider a resolution on the proposed Rasmale’ project tonight, with several members supporting the motion.
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Experience in the Maldives has shown us clearly that dragging friendly countries and our old development partners into our domestic political matters is not in the national interest. Our relations with them must be kept above partisan poli…
What we oppose are the current government's non-transparent policies, its underhand and shady dealings, and policies which harm national interest. We oppose the corruption in the government, frequent U-turns in policies and broken promises…
We will continue to hold the government accountable on these issues, in the interest of the nation, without compromising our long-standing friendships with other countries
Now we are seeing more than ever that we are embracing xenophobia and feeding public outrage with extreme patriotic views. This is an abandonment of the principles on which the MDP was founded and the political identity of the party
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