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MDP Losing SupportThe Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has been losing support in the Capital, Male’ since the MDP leadership organised riots in Male’ last August. It is also thought that over a thousand MDP hardliners have since moved their loyalties to MDP rivals DRP or Adhaalath, within the last couple of weeks. This huge abandonment of the MDP by grassroots supporters comes as no surprise to political observers such as Haveeru Daily of Male’ who predicted such a drastic loss of support for the MDP following the MDP leadership calling for civil disobedience in Male’. This is why the MDP masses did not walk out on the streets of Male’ although Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) tried furiously through one of his loyal thugs Ibrahim Raheed (AKA I.C) of lhaviyani atoll, who was one of the leaders in the riots of August 12/13th 2004.
Minivannews.com, a clandestine website run by the MDP, through its international wing has been trying to woo foreign observers into believing that their efforts to create civil disobedience in Male’ are working. It will be evident to anyone with a knowledge of the Maldives and Male’ in particular that Minivannews, is run by a couple of foreigners who do not have a clue about Male’ or the Maldives for that matter. Chances are that they have not even been to the Maldives. David Hardingham of Salisbury, UK, leader of Maldives Aid ‘charity’ organisation, which in actual fact is the international wing of the MDP, certainly has not been to the Maldives. He had to return to the UK, from Colombo cutting short his planned holiday in the Maldives a while ago.
In a recent article titled ‘Civil disobedience has already begun”, Minivannews claimed that people ‘walked to the nearby Bandaara miskih for Friday Prayers, from Hukuru Miskih, when they found out that Maumoon was the Imam’. Foreigners might believe this story. But Maldivians will not. Why you may ask. It is due to the fact that a certain Islamic Centre (Islamin Marukaz), the largest mosque in the Maldives is situated between the two named mosques and people will go there rather than walk all the way to Bandaara Miskih, keeping in mind Friday prayers in the Maldives will be over by 1300 hrs (attendees will find out who the Imam is at about 25 minutes past noon). Hence, even if people did not want to pray behind Gayoom at Hukuru Miskih they would not have walked all the way to Bandaara Miskih.
Olhuala.com has since found out that the whole story on Minivannews is a fabrication and an effort to spread disinformation by the international wing of the MDP. In fact Gayoom conducted the Friday prayers as Imam at the Islamic Centre (TVM live pictures) NOT the Hukuru Miskih as reported by Minivannews. The majority of the ‘jama’ at’(not congregation) came and shook the president by the hand personally. If Maldivians ran Minivannews.com they would have known that their lies would not hold as TVM live pictures would have proved them wrong. But alas hired liars such as Hardingham and Paul Roberts who represent the international wing of the MDP in the UK and Colombo respectively run it.
So we at olhuala.com ask you at Minivannews.com what are you playing at, you liars?