Sunday, March 23, 2008

Many trying to discredit me & party – DRP Leader

Leader of Dhivehi Rahyithunge Party (DRP) and the President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has said that many are working to discredit the government, DRP and the president of the country. He made the statement speaking at a general assembly of the held yesterday night at Kalaafaanu School.

Speaking at the general assembly Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said that the main weapon used by these people were outright lies and that they are attempting to cloud the minds of the people with these lies.

“We must not ignore these audacious attempts, we have to come out and face these issues, we must present the truth to the people of this country, we have to clarify to them how things were in the past and how it is now, we have to inform the facts to the people in order to prove to them the truth” said Leader of DRP Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

Leader Maumoon further pointed out that although opposition people claim that the country made no significant progress in the last 29 years, Maldives is the richest country in the region. He said Maldives has the highest per capita income in the region. He said that the present living conditions of the people illustrate this fact by their use of modern facilities and conveniences in their day to day life. He said average Maldivians use mobile phones, TV’s, home theater systems and many other modern facilities. He said this progress and prosperity is the direct result of tireless work of some people.

“We have reached this stage as a result of the tireless efforts of the people engaged in various sectors, we have ways to reveal the truth in spite of these false allegations aimed to discredit us” said President Gayoom.

Leader of DRP Maumoon further said that the dangers and challenges posed by opposing parties as a result of these false allegations are being experienced. He said as a result the party ranks must be strengthened.

“DRP is formed to serve the entire country, to serve the people, to advance the economic and social progress of the people, to maintain peace and security of the country, to bring democratic reform to the country, to improve the country’s self sufficiency” said Leader Gayoom calling on party members to work tirelessly to achieve these objectives of the party.

“Party and government is completely different, government has the respect of the people, party has the love of the people, government has many DRP members but these are two different institutions, we as a party have to think about these things and propose new and brave ideas to the government, this is what connects the government and the people in a country which follows party system” said Maumoon.

DRP Leader also talked about forthcoming presidential elections. He said the elections would be free and fair. He called on members to work to win the presidential elections and the parliamentary elections scheduled for this year.

At the general assembly held yesterday night DRP Leader’s logo and slogan was revealed. Vice Leader Ahmed Thasmeen Ali and member of Parliamentary Group Member Mohamed Saleem also addressed the gathering.

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