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Friday, July 04, 2025

Why am I not surprised at all? MDP at 20: the party that lost its soul!

By Mohamed Junayd | Maldives Independent | 2 July 2025

Only a handful showed up to recent MDP protests – a stark contrast to the thousands who once rallied to end 30 years of autocratic rule in the Maldives.

As the country's first democratic party marked its 20th anniversary, it faced an identity crisis. Founding members accuse current leaders of abandoning core values for political power, while financial pressures force compromises that contradict their social justice platform.

"They gave up justice for political expediency. MDP became DRP," says Ibrahim Ismail, the party's founding president who quit in disgust.

Is this the price of political survival? Our deep dive explores how a democracy movement lost its way. 

READ MORE: MDP at 20: the party that lost its soul

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