Opposition voters branded ‘enemies of the state’
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07 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
A ruling party lawmaker on Friday branded Maldivians who refuse to vote for President Abdulla Yameen in September as “enemies” of the people and the Maldivian state.
MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla, deputy leader of the Progressive Party of Maldives, made the remark at a ceremony held on Fonadhoo island to launch a road construction project, Mihaaru reported.
The current administration has spent more than MVR700 million (US$45 million) to develop his Laamu atoll constituency, Abdul Raheem said.
“There is no other island more deserving than Fonadhoo to give first place to President Yameen in the Maldives. There’s no other island that has made such progress in proportion to the population,” he was quoted as saying.
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