PPM condemns suggestions that tourism minister plotted festival arrests
21 Apr 2014, 6:42 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) has condemned former President Mohamed Nasheed’s criticism of the government and Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb regarding the Anbaraa music festival arrests, calling on the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to act more responsibly.
Speaking at a radio show on opposition aligned 97 Minivan Radio yesterday, Nasheed said that the police arrest of 79 people from the two-day music festival on Anbaraa Island was a pre-planned and politically motivated act to suppress the youth.
Nasheed went onto suggest that Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb was behind it.
Denying the allegations, the PPM condemned Nasheed’s comments, describing them as an “uncivilised” attempt to sabotage the implementation of PPM’s youth manifesto as well as the other youth development efforts of the government.
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