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News, Reviews and Updates of Maldives politics. Raajje News Blog covers political and economical reviews, breaking news updates and more. Please visit us at http://raajjenews.blogspot.com
Recent Posts
Facts and Figures about revenue and expenditure of the 2009 budget
The Total Revenue figure estimated by the government for 2009 is 9.5 billion mrf. That is the total. And this total includes what the government terms as Capital Revenue of 3.8 billion mrf. Capital revenue being an euphemism, a fancy term for the s...
Fooling SOME of the people ALL of the time
It is still surprising how so many people can still be made to believe in something if enough people go around shouting about it.A case in point is this piece of legislation about revisions to Law No. 31/79, Import Export Law of Maldives. Submitted ...
Maldives Independent Commissions and Independent Offices – casualties of political trading?
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed today made the much awaited nominations to Parliament for the Elections Commission, Anti-Corruption Commission and Prosecutor General. The nominees primarily comprise of members of President Nasheed’s Maldivian D...
Maldives Attorney General Husnu Sood culpable of willfully presenting false evidence to court
On June 4th, the Maldives High Court ruled that documents submitted by Maakun Mohamed Falah (cousin of Auditor General Maakun Naeem) in his case against the Maldives Elections Commission had been doctored, and therefore dismissed the case. Maakun Fa...
Maldives High Court declares Thimarafushi parliamentary vote invalid; orders fresh vote
In a landmark case, Ghassan Maumoon, the Dhivehi Raiyyithunge Party candidate for Thaa Thimarafushi, has successfully won an appeal to invalidate the Thimarafushi parliamentary vote. On June 11, the Maldives High Court declared that the parliamentar...
Maldives Judiciary prevents President Nasheed from arbitrarily arresting Opposition Leader Yaameen
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed tried unsuccessfully on June 7th to arbitrarily arrest Opposition Leader Abdulla Yaameen. Nasheed’s political appointee Police Commissioner Ahmed Faseeh was ordered by President Nasheed to carry out the arrest. H...

