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Maldivian exile group calls for multi-party democracy
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), an entity in exile, yesterday urged Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to recognize it as a political party or vowed to fight peacefully to achieve its objective despite refusal by the Male government to recognise it as a political party.

MDP leaders told a news conference at the Hilton Hotel in Colombo that President Gayoom should show commitment to political pluralism in the Maldives.

The group, including three MPs, said it welcomed President Gayoom’s pledge last month that he would introduce reforms for political pluralism but also expressed concern that the President in the past had not carried out his promises. Majlis member Ali Hashim said that people in the Maldives were just beginning to talk about politics openly but were in fear of being jailed on charges of going against the Government. He said four of the six members of the delegation had been jailed for such action.

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