MDP slams move to criminalize reporting dollar rates

2 days ago

The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has condemned amendments approved by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee to the Foreign Exchange Bill, which would criminalise reporting black-market dollar selling rates and impose fines of up to MVR 500,000. In a statement, MDP said the amendment, though placed inside the Foreign Exchange Act, is “a direct attack on freedom of the press.” The