The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) condemned layoffs at state-owned enterprises, saying hundreds of SOE employees have been dismissed daily since the April elections despite President Muizzu's campaign pledge not to fire SOE workers. The party called on the administration to stop the layoffs and instead cut wasteful spending by shedding political appointees who have no work to do.
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the party reminded the Mohamed Muizzu administration that, during the last presidential election campaign, the President had pledged not to fire SOE employees
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The party will continue to intervene through the relevant authorities to defend the rights of employees who are being unfairly dismissed
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cut state expenses and wasteful spending by—out of the more than 2,000 political appointees—weeding out and laying off those “without any work to do.”
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Fayyaz Ismail, former chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), and former finance minister Ibrahim Ameer at a press briefing.
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