A protest organized by the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) to demand the rights of the country’s fishermen has entered its second day despite a sharp decline in the amount of people taking part in the protest.
21 hours after the protest began, the number of fishing vessels that had been moved into the harbor area in front of the President’s Office had gone down to five.
In comparison, on Friday night there had been eight fishing boats in the area and few more were being prepared to take part in the protest near the No. 1 jetty.The first of the fishing vessels had docked in the harbor near the President’s Office at around 2:30pm on Friday.
On the boat were IDP President Umar Naseer and some other party members. They had remained on the boat until sunset yesterday.
dhimaku media cordinator at the scene this morning said that there were no sign of Umar Naseer or any IDP party members around 11:00am.
The demonstration had been organized by the IDP to demand the lowest selling price for yellow-fin tuna to be increased to Rf45, to stop MIFCO’s fishing vessels from going fishing and to establish services to provide clean water and boat refueling from the Malé Fish Market area. Further the protesters have demanded for dry ice to be easily available to fishermen.
The fishermen who had taken part in the protests had stood on the boats and shouted that they would not stop the protest until their demands were met.Due to the demonstration in progress the area has been cordoned off, blocking off access to the public.
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