Ridicule and relief after president mistakenly proclaims island uninhabited
A decree issued on Thursday declaring Mundoo as uninhabited was rescinded later that night with the president’s office blaming incorrect information from the department of national registration and apologising to the island’s small population.
25 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen mistakenly designating Mundoo in the southern Laamu atoll as an uninhabited island has drawn ridicule on social media and relief from its 400 inhabitants.
A decree issued on Thursday that declared Mundoo as uninhabited was rescinded later that night with the president’s office blaming incorrect information from the department of national registration and apologising to the island’s small population.
After the decree was published in the government gazette, the Mundoo island council had promptly put out a statement saying it was “deeply saddened and distressed” and complained that it was not consulted.
Ibrahim Naeem, the president of the council, told the Maldives Independent today that the people of Mundoo had been “in a state of confusion, with a lot of questions”.
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