Age-limits, clemency and tuna: excerpts from Yameen’s May 3 speech

Here are excerpts from President Abdulla Yameen’s May 3 speech, in which he defended a constitutional amendment that set age-limits of 30- 65 years for the presidency, dismissed calls to amend clemency laws to facilitate former President Mohamed Nasheed’s release, and alleged that the EU had revoked duty-free status for Maldives tuna over gay rights.

Comment: Whose pragmatism? Which principles?

Cutting a deal with the devil?