Stalemated all-party talks “ridiculous, a farce”, says Afeef
08 Apr 2012, 5:05 PM
Daniel Bosley
Progress continued to elude the participants in the All-Party Roadmap talks yesterday as the latest meeting ended in stalemate.
After repeated false starts since the first meeting on February 20, the talks stuttered after Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) representatives continued to question the make-up of the group engaged in the discussions, as well as the sincerity of the government’s statements over early elections.
One of the MDP’s representatives at yesterday’s meeting, former Home Minister Hassan Afeef, expressed doubts about the potential success of the roadmap talks.
“They are not interested in talking about political settlements, they are talking nonsense,” said Afeef.
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