Current govt is more oppressive than Gayoom’s regime- Dr. Zulfa

Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Tourism Minister of the former government, Dr. Mariyam Zulfa has said that six month rule of the current government is more oppressive than the thirty year long rule of the former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

In an interview to Raajje TV, Dr. Zulfa said that the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s is not responsible for any unrest and does not support violence. She said that MDP is only staging demonstrations.

Dr.Zulfa said that the former President Mohamed Nasheed is not a leader who supports violence.

Dr. Zulfa accused the current government of toppling the democratic government of Nasheed through a coup. She said that today the people are living in terror and the current government is trying to blow out the light of democracy in the country by terrorizing the people through Police and MNDF.

She said that it is no lie if one claims that today Maldives has been drawn back a hundred years in time.  She said that it is a matter of grave concern that the democratic good governance of the country has been destroyed.

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