Report: Soodh
Main opposition MDP’s Chairperson Mohamed Nasheed, Anni, has said that his immediate priority is on forming a transitional government to prepare his party for the presidential election next year.
Anni given an interview to Miadhu that his party will attempt to obtain backing from as many people as possible to form a transitional government.
Speaking to Miadhu Anni said that the second most important issue at his hand is pressuring the government through international organizations “to free MDP’s members who are charged by the legal system in the country which does not function appropriately”.
“Many opposition members have so far been charged and continuous legal proceedings against them are held. We do not believe that the present legal system works appropriately. Neither do others believe that it [the legal system] works properly. Always we hear that the system needs reforms. Subsequently we have raised the issue of the charges with international organizations and their attention is on them now” Anni told Miadhu.
According to Anni, the last thing that he would attempt on getting prepared for the election is to find common grounds among the players in the political sphere.
“We are trying to see on what we agree and dispute. We will see if we can go ahead with what we agree on” Anni said.
Recently the minister of information Mohamed Nasheed said that to make the presidential election independent and transparent, observers from the EU and the Commonwealth had been invited.
MDP also says that they had invited the EU and the Commonwealth to observe the election. “We have already invited the EU and the Commonwealth to observe the election. They are ready to come but they have always told that they could visit the country when the government invites them” Anni told on Miadhu.
Earlier ruling DRP had said that the country does not need a transitional government to make way for an independent election which many believe would be held under an amended constitution next year.
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