Calls grow for Hulhumale' to become separate city

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Former Hulhumale' MP Ali Niyaz and Hulhumale' North MP Hussain Shareef have voiced support for Hulhumale' to be designated as a separate city, independent from Male'. Speaking on the issue, Niyaz, who chairs the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s decentralization committee, said municipal services in Hulhumale' would not improve unless it is separated from Male'. “Neither the previous MDP government nor the