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Queen Elizabeth II’s Public Endorsement of Maldives President
England’s Queen Elizabeth II endorsed President of Maldives at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta on the25th of this month. President Gayyoom, honoured as a leading statesman was given the honour of dining at the head table with Her Majesty the Queen. In addition, in the official portrait he was positioned in the front row two places down from the Queen. To the immediate right of the Queen stood the out going Chairman of CHOGM. Next to him stood Donald McKinnon the Secretary General of the Commonwealth. Gayyoom was given stands next to Mr McKinnon.
This comes as no surprise to observers as Mr McKinnon has publicly supported the reform agenda undertaken by President Gayyoom. In the executive session of CHOGM, which followed, Gayyoom was the first speaker- outlining the reform agenda, which was again praised by McKinnon. Gayyoom also outlined Maldives’ plight with respect to tsunami recovery.
These events may shock MDP supporters and those who have been mislead by the MDP’s clandestine websites minivannews.com and dhivehiobserver.com, which try to maintain that Mr Gayyoom is a dictator.
Olhuala.com poses the above named websites some questions that they may find hard to answer. Do you expect the world to believe that Her Majesty’s Government and the Commonwealth will so publicly endorse such a dictator? Or will her Majesty even be in the same room as such a person? Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was not even invited to the meeting. Once again Minivannews.com and dhivehiobserver.com what is your response to the Queen’s actions? Did Gayyoom bribe her? Or did he threaten her?
Picture taken from: http://www.chogm2005.mt/ photo gallery