Opposition MPs boycott annual presidential address
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has decided to boycott President Abdulla Yameen’s annual state of the nation address at the official opening of the People’s Majlis for a second consecutive year.
05 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has decided to boycott President Abdulla Yameen’s annual state of the nation address at the official opening of parliament for a second consecutive year.
The MDP’s parliamentary group made the decision at a meeting held in Colombo, where the party’s leadership travelled en masse last week to meet with exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed.
MP Imthiyaz Fahmy, the MDP’s spokesman, told the Maldives Independent that listening to Yameen’s speech is “unnecessary” as the state of the nation has worsened since he delivered last year’s presidential address.
“The country’s situation, economically and financially, has deteriorated and is detrimental to the people and the state. So it is not important for the public to go and listen to Yameen’s lowly and vulgar talk,” he said.
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