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A Video of the Thimarafushi vote scam
You are about to watch a video of one of the disruptions to vote counting on Thimarafushi Island.Please observe the actions of the man with the ID tag hanging from his neck, leaning against the wall on the far side of the tent. His name is Mohamed...
The Quality of Political Appointees in the Nasheed Administration
As almost seven months pass since President Mohamed Nasheed took power in the Maldives, Maldivian citizens despair of ever seeing the much promised improvements in their livelihoods. The state treasury has been exhausted within this brief period, an...
Corruption, fraud and forgery charges against Auditor General Maakun Naeem
In the ongoing saga of the corruption charges against Auditor General Maakun Ibrahim Naeem, more evidence came to light last week of Maakun Naeem’s wiful misuse of Audit Office funds. Last week Haveeru Daily published scanned copies of Audit Offic...
President Nasheed delivers hate speech in his first state radio address to the nation
Maldives President Mohamed NasheedIn an address broadcast on the state radio Voice of Maldives at 7:15 today, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed again accused the Maldives Police Services of unjustified delays in their investigations into Auditor Ge...
State of the Maldivian economy: Who’s lying? President Nasheed or Maldives Monetary Authority?
The state of the Maldivian economy has declined sharply since November 2008. The Maldives Monetary Authority reported in May 2009 that the real economy has decelerated in 2009. The MMA’s April 2009 Quarterly Economic Review projects that GDP growt...
Maldivians’ hopes for liberal democracy dying a rapid death
It was to much consternation that the public watched yesterday as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed’s three new nominees to cabinet were approved by parliament. All three nominees were close friends and cronies of Pressident Nasheed. President Na...
MDP sends warning signals to the Maldivian High Court
President Nasheed (Right) with his close friend and MDP financier Musthafa (left – wearing yellow tie)Addressing an MDP rally at the Artificial Beach on Tuesday night, MDP Parliamentary Group leader and Party voice Reeko Moosa Maniku called on th...
Nepotism rampant in Maldives President Nasheed’s Government
The 6 month old government of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is at present struggling with economic, social and political woes mainly of its own making. Insiders blame President Nasheed’s heavy handed control of his top heavy political adminis...
President Nasheed removed Civil Aviation Minister, proposes 3 new Ministers
Maldives President Nasheed yesterday removed his Communications and Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Jameel Ahmed. No explanation was given by the President for his arbitrary action. However, when questioned by press, Presidential Press Secretary sai...
Who holds the balance of power in the Other Maldives?
(Photo: People's Majlis, Department of Judicial Administration, Presidents Office)The power balance between ruling party Maldivian Democratic Party and the opposition entered into a new phase yesterday with the parliament’s top posts being taken b...
Gayoom’s coalition takes command of new parliament by bagging Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts
Maldives new parliament sworn in this morning has just elected People’s Alliance Deputy Leader and MP for Meemu Dhiggaru Ahmed Nazim as its Deputy Speaker. The opposition coalition led by Maldives former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom secured the ...
Gayoom’s coalition secures the key role of Speaker of parliament
The opposition coalition led by Maldives former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has just secured the key role of Speaker of the newly sworn in parliament. Abdulla Shahid, MP for Vaavu Felidhoo constituency, secured the seat with 42 votes, soundly def...
MDP candidate for Speaker Ibrahim Mohamed Solih not a legitimate candidate for the post
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed’s candidate for the post of Speaker of Parliament, his cousin by marriage and childhood crony Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is not a legitimate candidate for the post as his parliamentary seat is not confirmed yet. Altho...
Public relying on Maldives first parliament to make President Nasheed accountable
As the Maldives first parliament elected under its newly ratified constitution swears in tomorrow, the general public impatiently looks to their representatives to make President Nasheed accountable and to uphold their democratic rights and libertie...
Opposition Leader Gayoom applauds judiciary for refusing to bow down to strongman President Nasheed
Police Commissioner Ahmed FaseehIn a statement issued today, Opposition Leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom condemned in the strongest possible words, the continued harassment and persecution of political opponents by Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed’s ...
NEWS ALERT
Maldivian Defence Ministry just now issued a statement to media stating that they do not have any intention of arresting former President and opposition leader Qayoom. However, the media statement did not clarify whether President Nasheed has issued...
International pressure stops Maldives President Nasheed from arbitrarily arresting Opposition Leader Gayoom
As midnight passes in the Maldives, the capital Male’ is quiet waiting for news of President Nasheed’s threatened arrest of former president and Opposition Leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Government sources report that mounting international pressu...
BREAKING NEWS
Maldives President Nasheed orders arrest of former President and Opposition Leader GayoomAccording to unconfirmed reports rapidly spreading throughout the Maldives, Maldives President Nasheed has ordered the immediate arrest of former President and ...
Fearful residents of Maldives capital Male’ cower in their homes as President Nasheed hunts the opposition
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed’s radical party Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) took to the streets of the capital Male’ today, calling for the public to join another of its violent demonstrations against opposition leader Maumoon Abdul Gay...
BREAKING NEWS
MP elect from the Baa Atoll Thulhaadhoo constituency, Nazim Rashad has confirmed he will join MDP on Dictator Nasheed's promise to initiate further land reclamation and harbour development on Thulhaadhoo as demanded by Nazim....
BREAKING NEWS
A court order has been issued for the Immigrations Department to confiscate RedWave Saleem's passport. Saleem is the member-elect from the Eydhafushi constituency for the Parliament....
NEWS ALERT
Trouble is expected on the streets of Male' tonight as Dictator Nasheed's street gangs plan to march on Alivaage' (residence of ex-president Maumoon Abdul Qayyoom) tonight. It is also rumoured that Cowboy President Nasheed has given orders to the Ma...
Who is to blame for this nationwide malady …?
The total disregard for the rule of law by the dictatorial regime of President Nasheed of the Maldives, the injustices meted out daily against Maldivian citizens, undemocratic overturning of independent constitutional commissions, unilateral sale of...
Maldives crackdown on opposition - President Nasheed arrests first victim, wife of opposition MP
Maldives President Nasheed cracked down on opposition last night, his first victim the young wife of Ahmed Nazim, opposition MP and Deputy Leader of opposition party People’s Alliance. In a series of raids ordered by President Nasheed, police rans...
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Maldives President Nasheed vows to sate his party’s blood lust
President Nasheed (right) with his close ally "odd-job" Ziyaattay (left)President Mohamed Nasheed, the beleaguered new president of the Maldives, continues to escalate his systemic persecution of his political opponents and dissenters. Addressing a ...
President Nasheed’s Witch Hunt Commission given excessive powers in contravention of the law
The Presidential Commission established a few days by President Nasheed to allegedly investigate embezzlement of state funds has been heavily criticized by top legal experts in the country. The key argument is that President Nasheed’s Witch Hunt C...
President Nasheed, a worse dictator than Gayoom during his 30 year rule – Maldives Former Attorney General Diyana Saeed
Maldives former Attorney General Diyana Saeed today told media that, “President Mohamed Nasheed’s shows more characteristics of a dictatorship than ex-president Gayoom in his thirty year rule”. Diyana Saeed was arbitrarily sacked by President ...
President Nasheed violated our pre-election agreement – Jumhooree Party Leader Gasim Ibrahim
In a press interview today, Jumhooree Party Leader Gasim Ibrahim accused Maldives President Nasheed of violating his pre-election deal with his party. “We have fulfilled his every demand. As promised, we heavily funded him in the second round of h...
Citizen rights trammeled into dust by President Nasheed’s unconstitutional regime
The current Constitution of the Maldives came into force on August 7th 2008 after four years of continuous hard work by the People’s Special Majlis. Four years during which the Special Majlis members discussed and deliberated issues one and all fr...
