#JeSuisParis: Maldives minister waxes lyrical on state of emergency
A minister has drawn parallels between the state of emergency in the Maldives and the one in France.
01 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
Parallels have been drawn between the state of emergency in the Maldives and the one in France, which followed a deadly terror attack and lasted almost two years.
The comparison was made in an opinion piece by Mohamed Shainee, the Maldives minister of fisheries and agriculture.
“The reality on the ground during a state of emergency is often markedly different to that imagined,” he said in the Asia Times.
“Take France. Last November, an end was called to the two-year state of emergency that had been implemented after the tragic terrorist attack on the Bataclan theater in Paris. Yet in that interlude, day-to-day life went on as usual. France’s cherished liberté remained intact.”
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