Dr. Ahmed Shaheed is inappropriate for being the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Previously being a member of Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) and serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for two years from 14th July 2005 until August 20 2007, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed is inappropriate of being the foreign minister for the current government. At an earlier time Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) had accused him of being the chief "spin doctor" for former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Following the 18 August Constitutional Referendum, Dr. Shaheed resigned from office in the eve of a no-confidence vote scheduled in the Majlis brought against him by conservative and MDP members of the Majlis. Shaheed had repeatedly criticized the Majlis saying it had failed the people. However Shaheed is now again reappointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs by one of the founder member of MDP and current president Mohamed Nasheed (Anni). No clarification can justify this appointment. In the past Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) alone had proven that Dr. Shaheed is not capable of being the foreign minister nor do any part for the current government. Appointing someone like Dr. Shaheed as Minister of Foreign Affairs is certainly a lethal misstep made by the president.

Abdullah Shahid: Terrorist appointed as State Minister of Defense?

"A picture is worth a thousand words." President Mohamed Nasheed has appointed Abdullah Shahid as the State Minister of Defense. On the 3rd of November 1988, along with the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelaam), Mr. Abdullah Shahid is one of the key terrorists who masterminded the terrorist attack which claimed the lives of many innocent Maldivians. Now what about National Security?

#Maldives: 9 Murders in 2012: Death Penalty call increasing exponentially

#Maldives: Pressure is mounting on President Mohamed Waheed to implement the death penalty in Maldives as the murder toll in 2012 rose to nine murders earlier this month. A youth group yesterday announced a rally calling for death penalty, scheduled for the afternoon of Friday 19th October. Calls for death penalty increased exponentially after the brutal murder of Member of Parliament and moderate Muslim scholar Dr. Afraasheem Ali on October 2, 2012. Social media report that support for death penalty in Maldives rose to 64% of Maldivians on social media in the wake of Dr. Afraasheem's brutal murder. The list of murder victims is 18 victims long, from 2007 onwards (pic). Of these 11 murders were committed on the capital Male', the rest on various islands. Fourteen of the 18 murder victims were young adults between 15 and 35 years of age. MP Dr. Afraasheem's murder comes within three months of the brutal murder and decapitation of famous lawyer Ahmed Najeeb, also on th...

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, and the economy has declined to an extent worse than the aftermath of the 2004 Asian Tsunami. Escalating price of consumer goods, collapse of social services, increasing food insecurity and declining real income have thrown more people below the poverty line. While President Nasheed is engrossed in his hate and persecution campaign against political opponents, his government has ground to a halt. The Nasheed administration came into power promising reduced expenditures, increased government revenue and a clamp down on corruption in top government circles. President Nasheed’s first budget (2009) has a 7 billion deficit (nearly 5 billion more than the previous administration’s last budget, and government revenue has fallen by more than 28% since...

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