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"Mr President, you would be hard pressed to discover from the Commission website that there was a problem in the Maldives. It says that the political situation in the Maldives has remained remarkably stable over the past two decades, providing a conducive environment for development. I suppose you could call 26 years of unbroken dictatorship stability of a sort, but it is hardly conducive to development. The Country Strategy Paper states that political developments have progressed over the past two decades, with enhanced democratic practices and increased respect for human rights; but this judgment is unbelievable since the paper subsequently notes problems of arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention, lack of an independent judiciary and restrictions on free speech, protest and freedom of religion. It is incredible that the Commission can, in these circumstances, record President Gayoom's commitment to democratisation.
The Maldives ambassador was on the phone to me this morning. He advised me that the troublesome elements were Islamic fundamentalists. That is not my information. However, the more the legitimate opposition, such as the Maldivian Democratic Party, and fundamental rights are suppressed, the more people will be driven into the arms of extremists."@en1
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