Opposition to protest tonight for freedom of state media
31 Jan 2011, 7:23 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has announced that it will hold a protest tonight against what they allege is the political bias of the state media.
The DRP has said that the protesters will set off the protest tonight from the artificial beach at 8:45pm.
”We have waited very patiently for a long time, but our patience is reaching its end. The state media is constantly promoting and campaigning for the government in different ways,” said DRP MP Ahmed Nihan. ”MNBC have been interviewing different government ministers and have been creating TV programs to promote the government.”
Nihan said he was “certain” there was “a secret deal” made between MNBC and the government.
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