MDP MP Musthafa assures “I will never leave my party”
15 Apr 2010, 5:52 PM
Laura Restrepo Ortega
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP for Thimarafushi in Thaa Atoll, Mohamed Mustafa, has spoken against one of the amendments to the Tourism Act in Parliament this week, amendments proposed by his party.
Today he offered assurances that he “would still vote with MDP on the issue.”
Mustafa said he is mainly opposed to the extension of leases for resorts, which will lease islands to resort operators for a minimum of 50 years. This was proposed to make the Maldives a “more investor-friendly environment,” according to former Minister of Tourism Abdulla Mausoom, who spoke to Minivan News yesterday.
Mustafa believes reducing costs for the investor means “one man is getting rich, while the poor are getting poorer.”
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