Nasheed’s arrest the “end of Maldivian democracy”: MDP
08 Oct 2012, 7:55 PM
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has called for protests following the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed by masked riot police on Monday morning.
Nasheed was in the Dhoonidhoo island detention centre on Monday night, awaiting his trial on Tuesday.
“October 8, 2012 will be remembered as the day that democracy died in the Maldives,” said MDP spokesperson Hamid Abdul Ghafoor in a statement.
“The reality is it has been on life-support since February, but today the plug was pulled and the lights turned off,” Ghafoor said.
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