After Commonwealth warning, government renews call for dialogue
On Sunday, the government asked the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party and the Adhaalath Party to send details of its representatives for all-party talks “as they were the only parties who have not yet done so despite several previous requests.”
26 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
The government has renewed invitations for opposition parties to join talks after the Commonwealth’s democracy watchdog placed the Maldives on its formal agenda over failure to resolve a protracted political crisis.
Expressing “deep disappointment” after a second review last Friday of progress on six priority areas, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group said it would consider suspension from the Councils of the Commonwealth at its next meeting in March 2017.
On Sunday, the government asked the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party and the Adhaalath Party to send details of its representatives for all-party talks “as they were the only parties who have not yet done so despite several previous requests.”
In a statement last night, the president’s office stressed “the vital importance of all-parties initiating, and engaging in, dialogue without any pre-conditions” as urged by the CMAG and expressed disappointment with the refusal of the allied opposition parties to attend the talks.
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