Malé council threatens to sue housing minister
The housing minister made ‘false and defamatory’ remarks, according to the council.
02 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Malé city council Monday rejected a minister’s claims it had not maintained social housing flats, saying it was finding ways to sue him over his “false and defamatory remarks.”
Mayor Shifa Mohamed blamed the government for failing to provide the council with a budget for renovation and repair work.
Relations between the opposition-majority city council and the government have deteriorated in recent years and tensions have resurfaced, this time over social housing in the capital.
The housing minister earlier accused the council of neglecting those who lived in these properties, asking why a Maldivian Democratic Party-majority council was mistreating them.
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