International spokesperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Hamid Abdul Gafoor, has said that the government has controlled various community clubs for ages.

Hamid took to twitter to make this statement in response to what the Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Ahmed Mahloof had said. The Minister had said that the government will not exert political influence on national sports clubs.

The tweet posted by MDP’s international spokesperson reiterated that Island and Male’ Subdivision Sports clubs have been defeated by government pressure. Hamid said that this has resulted in the weakening and spreading of corruption within the system of sports in Maldives.