On TV

When I go to press conferences I am often shown in the cut away shots. This is apparently because Maldives likes to show that foreign visitors are interested in the political change going on in the country. Sometimes I am the only foreigner there, but most of the time there are others from, the Commonweath, the EC, the UN and other international organizations monitoring the election. This shot is from a news conference by the labor minister. He was announcing the sweeping changes in the labor law that, among other things, guarantee 30 days of vacation per year for all workers.