MPs tried to release MDP protester, claims DRP
11 Jan 2010, 11:13 PM
The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has accused Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MPs of interfering in police handling of MDP activists during a protest outside parliament on 30 December.
DRP and MDP protesters squared off outside parliament in response to the contentious decentralisation bill, debate over which had stalled four times.
The DRP claims MDP MPs Eva Abdullah, Mariya Didi and Mohamed Mustafa approached riot police and asked them to release an MDP activist who was being manhandled.
DRP MP Ahmed Mahlouf said he was close to the gate when Mariya and Mustafa allegedly asked police to release the activist.
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