Rival parties request Male’ space after council grants MDP Tsunami Monument area
18 Mar 2012, 3:45 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Rival political parties have requested private protest areas around the capital after Male’ City Council allowed the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to keep a camp at the Tsunami Monument area to until June.
The Jumhoory Party (JP), led by MP ‘Burma’ Gasim Ibrahim, has sent a letter to the Mayor of Male’, ‘Maizan’ Ali Manik ,requesting he give the party vacant land near the State Trading Organization (STO) for a year.
A statement on the official JP website said that the letter was sent by Party Spokesperson Moosa Rameez.
The statement noted that the Tsunami Monument area had been given to Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), where the party has since setup a protest camp.
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