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 Democratic Party, Opposition Leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s Dhivehi Raiyyithunge Party and its coalition partner, People’s Alliance.
The names proposed for the Elections Commission are Sheikh Hussain Rasheed Yoosuf (MDP); Ogaru Ibrahim Waheed (formerly MDP, now posing as Independent); Mohamed Ibrahim (formerly DRP, now MDP); Fuad Thaufeeq (formerly MDP, now PA) and Mauroof Ahmed (PA).
Sheikh Rasheed is the son of Baa Thulhaadhoo MDP leader and Counselor for Baa Atoll, Yoosuf Moosa. Ogaru Waheed was previously head of the Department of Inland Revenue in the Gayoom administration. Mohamed Ibrahim headed two state companies before becoming Deputy Minister of Construction and Infrastructure in the Gayoom Administration. He then moved to the interim EC, chairing the interim EC throughout its period. Fuad Thowfeeq was a key member of MDP’s policy review committees before joining PA and moving onto the interim EC. Mauroof Ahmed headed the Labour Section for several years before becoming Deputy Minister of Home Affairs after the DRP/PA coalition agreement was signed in the pre-presidential election period.
The nominees for the Anti Corruption Commission are Hassan Luthfee (S. Hithadhoo Ranfas), Abdulla Hilmy (GDh. Thinadhoo Halaveli), Khadeeja Rasheed (S. Hulhudhoo Violet Fehi), Mohamed Shareef (G. Winter House), Mohamed Waheed (G. Iheli, Male’ Dhafthar). The names proposed for the Anti-Corruption Commission do not show much public service experience, nor the prominent party leanings shown by the nominees for the EC. However, there is a definite predominance of the southern atolls in the line-up. What is also clear is that none of these nominees demonstrate any experience as befits the important post of a member of the Anti Corruption Commission. While Luthfee and Hilmy are members of the interim Anti Corruption Commission, little can be said commending their work in an interim commission that has repeatedly shown extreme partiality towards the Nasheed Administration.
In addition, President Nasheed has proposed current Prosecutor General Ahmed Muiz to retain the post of Prosecutor General.
The nominees for the EC, ACC and PG are reported to have been selected from about 130 applicants to the President’s Office. The applications were in response to an announcement by the President’s Office in early June calling for applicants to these posts. In a country which boasts over 8% of its population as educated above Masters’ Degree level, it is surprising to see the quality of President Nasheed’s nominations. It is also noteworthy that, in addition to marginalizing the nation’s educated, President Nasheed has also totally rejected the country’s professional, civil and political experience.
While the nomination of Nasheed’s family members and cronies, his party’s financiers, and MDP demonstration leaders to his administration’s key political posts are justified by his Press Secretary Mohamed Zuhair as multi-party democracy in action, such extreme partiality as shown in the above nominations cannot be justified in relation to independent commissions and offices. The function of such constitutionally independent institutions is to represent civil society without any partiality and to act as guardian of citizen rights by balancing the powers of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. It is a blatant violation of the fundamental tenets of democracy when the powers of the state attempt to co-opt and hijack independent commissions and independent offices.
A case in point is Ahmed Muiz, the current Prosecutor General. Until his appointment as PG, Muiz ran a long standing law firm with partner Husnu Sood, the current Attorney General. Both are President Nasheed’s classmates and followers. Both have nominally divested themselves of shares in the firm Muiz Sood and Co. by transferring these to proxies.
The fact remains that within the short period in which they have held corresponding offices of state, collusion between Muiz and Sood have robbed the Maldivians citizens of their right to justice. This is highlighted by the recent incident where Muiz has refused to press criminal charges against Sood who willfully presented false documents to the High Court. These are crimes under Sections 62, 66 and 67 of the Maldives Penal Code. By not charging Sood, Muiz is guilty under Section 76 of the Penal Code of aiding and abetting a criminal to evade justice. Both Muiz and Sood are hence also liable under Section 80 of the Penal Code for misfeasance in public office by abetting a criminal to escape due punishment. The Parliament should by rights hold Muiz accountable for repeatedly neglecting his legal duties in order to protect his cronies. In the light of these facts, by nominating Muiz for the post of PG, President Nasheed is spitting in the face of democracy.
Another case in point is the nomination of Mohamed Ibrahim for the Elections Commission. The recent High Court decision invalidating the May 9th parliamentary vote on Thaa Thimarafushi is clear evidence that Mohamed Ibrahim, as Commissioner of Elections, is culpable of gross negligence of duty and of acting in collusion with the MDP. In the Thimarafushi High Court case, the EC had testified in court that the vote on Thimarafushi as free and fair, and held in accordance with law. Yet, in the light of compelling eveidence, on June 11th the High Court ruled that the Thimarafushi vote was held in the midst of blatant violations of elections law and other laws of the country. It ordered the EC to hold a fresh vote in 30 days of the order. With such a clear court ruling compromising the independence and integrity of the EC, Mohamed Ibrahim should have resigned on his own, in accordance with internationally accepted norms. Instead he chose to apply to retain his post. This nomination too shows President Nasheed’s total and utter disrespect for the tenets of modern democracy. Mohamed Ibrahim is a relative of President Nasheed’s best friend and cousin by marriage, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (MP for Lhaviyani Hinnavaru).
The same can be said for the inclusion amongst the nominees of leading members of opposition parties, the DRP and PA. Both parties in coalition hold 46% of parliamentary seats. The inclusion of senior opposition members amongst today’s nominations clearly points to a political tradeoff between President Nasheed and the opposition coalition. With President Nasheed on the war path hunting for alleged corruption cases against the leaders of DRP and PA, there is indeed basis for trade-offs between the two sides. Sadly, the casualties of this political trade-off are again the Maldivian people. As shown by these nominations, Maldivians can only dream of independent commissions or independent offices to represent their interests.
The names proposed for the Elections Commission are Sheikh Hussain Rasheed Yoosuf (MDP); Ogaru Ibrahim Waheed (formerly MDP, now posing as Independent); Mohamed Ibrahim (formerly DRP, now MDP); Fuad Thaufeeq (formerly MDP, now PA) and Mauroof Ahmed (PA).
Sheikh Rasheed is the son of Baa Thulhaadhoo MDP leader and Counselor for Baa Atoll, Yoosuf Moosa. Ogaru Waheed was previously head of the Department of Inland Revenue in the Gayoom administration. Mohamed Ibrahim headed two state companies before becoming Deputy Minister of Construction and Infrastructure in the Gayoom Administration. He then moved to the interim EC, chairing the interim EC throughout its period. Fuad Thowfeeq was a key member of MDP’s policy review committees before joining PA and moving onto the interim EC. Mauroof Ahmed headed the Labour Section for several years before becoming Deputy Minister of Home Affairs after the DRP/PA coalition agreement was signed in the pre-presidential election period.
The nominees for the Anti Corruption Commission are Hassan Luthfee (S. Hithadhoo Ranfas), Abdulla Hilmy (GDh. Thinadhoo Halaveli), Khadeeja Rasheed (S. Hulhudhoo Violet Fehi), Mohamed Shareef (G. Winter House), Mohamed Waheed (G. Iheli, Male’ Dhafthar). The names proposed for the Anti-Corruption Commission do not show much public service experience, nor the prominent party leanings shown by the nominees for the EC. However, there is a definite predominance of the southern atolls in the line-up. What is also clear is that none of these nominees demonstrate any experience as befits the important post of a member of the Anti Corruption Commission. While Luthfee and Hilmy are members of the interim Anti Corruption Commission, little can be said commending their work in an interim commission that has repeatedly shown extreme partiality towards the Nasheed Administration.
In addition, President Nasheed has proposed current Prosecutor General Ahmed Muiz to retain the post of Prosecutor General.
The nominees for the EC, ACC and PG are reported to have been selected from about 130 applicants to the President’s Office. The applications were in response to an announcement by the President’s Office in early June calling for applicants to these posts. In a country which boasts over 8% of its population as educated above Masters’ Degree level, it is surprising to see the quality of President Nasheed’s nominations. It is also noteworthy that, in addition to marginalizing the nation’s educated, President Nasheed has also totally rejected the country’s professional, civil and political experience.
While the nomination of Nasheed’s family members and cronies, his party’s financiers, and MDP demonstration leaders to his administration’s key political posts are justified by his Press Secretary Mohamed Zuhair as multi-party democracy in action, such extreme partiality as shown in the above nominations cannot be justified in relation to independent commissions and offices. The function of such constitutionally independent institutions is to represent civil society without any partiality and to act as guardian of citizen rights by balancing the powers of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. It is a blatant violation of the fundamental tenets of democracy when the powers of the state attempt to co-opt and hijack independent commissions and independent offices.
A case in point is Ahmed Muiz, the current Prosecutor General. Until his appointment as PG, Muiz ran a long standing law firm with partner Husnu Sood, the current Attorney General. Both are President Nasheed’s classmates and followers. Both have nominally divested themselves of shares in the firm Muiz Sood and Co. by transferring these to proxies.
The fact remains that within the short period in which they have held corresponding offices of state, collusion between Muiz and Sood have robbed the Maldivians citizens of their right to justice. This is highlighted by the recent incident where Muiz has refused to press criminal charges against Sood who willfully presented false documents to the High Court. These are crimes under Sections 62, 66 and 67 of the Maldives Penal Code. By not charging Sood, Muiz is guilty under Section 76 of the Penal Code of aiding and abetting a criminal to evade justice. Both Muiz and Sood are hence also liable under Section 80 of the Penal Code for misfeasance in public office by abetting a criminal to escape due punishment. The Parliament should by rights hold Muiz accountable for repeatedly neglecting his legal duties in order to protect his cronies. In the light of these facts, by nominating Muiz for the post of PG, President Nasheed is spitting in the face of democracy.
Another case in point is the nomination of Mohamed Ibrahim for the Elections Commission. The recent High Court decision invalidating the May 9th parliamentary vote on Thaa Thimarafushi is clear evidence that Mohamed Ibrahim, as Commissioner of Elections, is culpable of gross negligence of duty and of acting in collusion with the MDP. In the Thimarafushi High Court case, the EC had testified in court that the vote on Thimarafushi as free and fair, and held in accordance with law. Yet, in the light of compelling eveidence, on June 11th the High Court ruled that the Thimarafushi vote was held in the midst of blatant violations of elections law and other laws of the country. It ordered the EC to hold a fresh vote in 30 days of the order. With such a clear court ruling compromising the independence and integrity of the EC, Mohamed Ibrahim should have resigned on his own, in accordance with internationally accepted norms. Instead he chose to apply to retain his post. This nomination too shows President Nasheed’s total and utter disrespect for the tenets of modern democracy. Mohamed Ibrahim is a relative of President Nasheed’s best friend and cousin by marriage, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (MP for Lhaviyani Hinnavaru).
The same can be said for the inclusion amongst the nominees of leading members of opposition parties, the DRP and PA. Both parties in coalition hold 46% of parliamentary seats. The inclusion of senior opposition members amongst today’s nominations clearly points to a political tradeoff between President Nasheed and the opposition coalition. With President Nasheed on the war path hunting for alleged corruption cases against the leaders of DRP and PA, there is indeed basis for trade-offs between the two sides. Sadly, the casualties of this political trade-off are again the Maldivian people. As shown by these nominations, Maldivians can only dream of independent commissions or independent offices to represent their interests.
June 14, 2009 9:24 PM
Nasheed has failed us.
June 14, 2009 9:36 PM
yes. the worst of the worst is about to befall this country. independent (puppet) commissions are about to be established. talk about democracy or new democracy in infancy or in maturity or even in puberty? huh? what more can we expect from this junkie whom maldivians call H.E the President? PO did not even take time to go through the cv's of the applicants for the 2 commissions and for PG. Anni simply handpicked people and sent it to Majlis. democracy my foot!
June 14, 2009 9:40 PM
RN; civil society must act fast. as mentioned in an earlier comment this is the fourth power in a 'democracy' and now we have to resort to this power. civil society must organise. umar naseer seem to be the best guide for civil society in the current quagmire. RN team, please keep your vocals high. time is running out! RN should initiate a poll to see whether civil society should act immediately. I suggest this be done soon.
June 14, 2009 9:44 PM
What's the use of asking people to apply if they are not even going to be reviewed before nominees are selected? This is again President Nasheed acting out his favourite role as Asia's Mugabe. After such a shameful display of gross abuse of power by Nasheed, Parliament should immediately legislate to remove from the President the power to nominate members to independent commissions.
June 14, 2009 9:45 PM
anonymous@9:40. What nonsense are you writing? Who do you think you are to advocate civil disobedience against a legally elected government?
June 14, 2009 9:46 PM
We don't want DRP, PA, MDP, Adhaalathu, or JP or any other party nominees for these posts. The parties have the Majlis seats for their members. Let us have some educated qualified professional apolitical people in these independent commissions please!
June 14, 2009 9:48 PM
anon@9:45. think first. what nonesense are YOu talking? who are you to let all maldivians gulp this poison given by anni? save your face. let the civil society act for their rights!
June 14, 2009 9:51 PM
yeah anon@9:45. weren't you around last year? what were the mdpers doing? wasn't the previous govt elected by the people? mdp introduced civil disobedience into this country. now they dont know how to handle such behaviour. you have such a short memory.. wonder if you have one actually!
June 14, 2009 10:28 PM
As RN noted, hijacking constitutionally mandated independent institutions is anti-democratic. What we know now is whether its Anni in power or Gayoom in power its the same. Of course, Gayoom was more of a fraidy cat in his latter years (the age factor creeping in perhaps?). Once they have power, they hang on to it for dear life. So, Anon @ 9.44, one should not legislate just for this situation. By giving super powers to Majlis, you would create another monster. Follow the path of justice according to our religion. Be moderate in everything. Let's not be excessive in legislating or in supporting this leader or that leader/ Think First!
June 14, 2009 11:22 PM
If you take a closer look at Nasheed's choices for the ACC, you will see a deliberate attempt at destabilizing the instituion. This is his strategy to throw the weight of his office on the ACC. The Majlis should toss this list out of the window & tell HEP to be more serious about his responsibilities and make these institution more credible.
June 14, 2009 11:29 PM
Anon @ 11.22, you've hit the nail with a sledgehammer. Yes, Anni is deliberately trying to weaken the Anti Corruption Commission. But, its not throw his weight on the ACC. Its simpler than that. Its to create a justification for strengthening his Embezzlement Commission. He started off by blaming police for not investigating corruption. Now he can say ACC is also not doing that either, and Voila! He suddenly needs the Embezzlement Commission because no one else is investigating corruption.
June 15, 2009 2:33 AM
president nasheed has truly failed us.
June 15, 2009 5:20 AM
i wonder why some people who comment says that this is nonsense... if its nonsense why don't they prove it... the articles on this blog is well researched and well written. no doubt president nasheedhu a.k.a ganja flat dhonbe has failed us. very good article. will return to read more of your outstanding reports.
June 15, 2009 6:55 AM
It IS nonsense to advocate civil disobedience. The country is on the brink of economic ruination. We don't want our tourism dollar to decrease even more because of civil unrest. Civil society can work in the official forum, it doesn't have to resort to civil disobedience. its power lies in every individual's vote. Civil society must use the upcoming municipal elections to ensure that the right people are voted in. It must find a balance to this party politicking and fighting. More elected independents will provide a critical balance to the political scene. The country is in this mess because civil society made the mistake of voting for Nasheed.
June 15, 2009 8:34 AM
Mauroof Ahmed is not a PA member. He was from PA but with the change of powers, he too changed parties and he is now an MDP member!
June 15, 2009 8:49 AM
People. Have you heard the story about the cow that discovered the sky? Two things about a cow's character; One - It keeps moving all the time. Two - It keeps it's head down all the time. So when it accidentally discovered the sky, it was so thrilled she kept looking up while on the move.The result is that it kept walking into fences, trees and whatever else may happen to be in front. This is exactly what's happening to our President. He's so thrilled playing President he keeps walking into the constitution at every turn. This man is plain stupid, I think. What I am trying to impress here is that, inmy opinion this fart (President Nasheed) isn't doing things intentionally. He is making mistakes. Mistakes thats costing this Country heavily and we cannot wait & watch. This isn't a game. This is about managing a Country. So, grow up, President and start watching your compass.
June 15, 2009 8:53 AM
kehkehkehkeh.
June 15, 2009 8:54 AM
Mohamed Waheed for anti Corruption Comission is a strong MDP activist who took leave at the end of 2008 to campaign for the presidential elections. He has been heading the Ministry of Education's Finance and Budget section for quite a while. I doubt his capability because i have heard that he entered a wrong formulae for the MOE's budget sheet which has resulted in major budget blunders in MOE. Furthermore, I also heard that all the details in the MOE's finances have been completely wiped out by him (purposefully???!!!) and that all records have been lost from their computers.
June 15, 2009 8:58 AM
dear anon@8:49. This is very charasteristic of anni. However, I tend to agree with anons at 11:22 and 11:29. The situation is scary.
June 15, 2009 10:09 AM
this is dedfinitely a calculated move. anni has turned out to be a very vicious person. he is focussed on the next 5 -10 years now. the only way he can hold onto power is by systematically eliminating the previous regime. you are right anon @ 11:22 & anon @11:29
June 15, 2009 11:14 AM
I'd just like to know why MDP supporters are suddenly running scared of civil society / civil disobedience / people power. Wasn't it you people who over the past 3 years destabilised a previously peaceful Maldivian society into becoming a violent society? Didn't you do this under the guise of people power? Didn't you guys organise and support a tourism boycott? Didn't you demand that the voice of the people be heard? Didn't you run amok getting petition signatures on everything under the sun and especially on measures to bring down the legally elected government of the time? Are you all of a sudden realising that you didn't have the support of the people all this time? Now that your man is in power and has shown himself to be a dictator you turn around and tell us to obey the government! That is the real nonsense.
June 15, 2009 11:35 AM
exactly. let's not forget people power. this is what we want now. didnt we hear president anni howl "this is people power, this is a people's govt, we want the best for the people, after all democracy begins from people power!" every time he opened his mouth in the first few flashy days of presidency? dont come up with respect for the 'elected' govt now. people power. civil society power! hope anni doesnt think of privatising civil society.
June 15, 2009 11:37 AM
yes. maattey - mauroof ahmed is mdp. he always was... wasnt he? the family links? simple explanation!
June 15, 2009 12:39 PM
so wtf? u guys just keep barking... hehehe go eat dirt with golhaa maummon.
June 15, 2009 4:56 PM
@anonymous 12:39
That is a typical MDP supporter comment. You guys come up with all sort of filth and call anyone who criticizes the government golhaa. for once try to prove us wrong. yea we probably gonna keep on barking like this. but we're gonna bark around calling out the truth while you cowards call out filth every time someone talks facts. And just because we say anni is a failure doesnt mean we support Maumoon.
Grow up my friend. I'm not going to call out filth at you. Voting President Nasheed is one of the biggest mistakes we did and no doubt HE IS A FAILURE!
June 15, 2009 5:50 PM
the barking guy at 12.39, you are a guy from the barking party on roads. But you still don't know the difference from barking at people and bringing truth facts to people. So you go on barking! You barking guy!
June 15, 2009 7:15 PM
The fact is that always there are some people who don't want to face the truth even they know it is true. So they simply says it's nonsense or bark at the people who tries to bring out the truth. They will have no boundary, they will do what ever they want to do. Just few days back we saw an example. The MDP people burnt the house of the girl who told the truth in court. The whole family is homeless now. That's the law of the MDP barking crowd. I simply want to say, R N team, you are doing an excellent job! So please keep up your work. Thank you R N team.
June 15, 2009 10:48 PM
this guy mohamed ibrahim; he seem to be having a talent to be in the good books with everyone. i wonder what his charm is! stupidity? and, look at the nincompoops nominated for the acc. God! where is this country's educated? where is the acc's credibility & the country's integrity. but then, why am i surprised? the guy who suggested this lot need's his head examined first - very quickly too.
June 15, 2009 10:50 PM
Mohamed Ibrahim's brain will fetch a good price in the market (for the empty space it has). kehkehkeh
June 16, 2009 3:44 AM
Maybe it will sell as cow fodder? There seem to be a lot of cows walking around watching the sky.
June 16, 2009 3:48 AM
One issue here is that Majlis too is being hijacked by some for purposes other than representing the people. One of the first moves for civil society action should be to influence MPs to include that Majlis Committee sessions should be open to the public, except in cases deemed to be critical to national security. This is important because the review of candidates, bills etc, actually the most important work of the Majlis is in commitee. Civil society should make MPs accountable. This is one way of doing so.
June 16, 2009 9:49 AM
Good idea. I think actually the Constitution mandates that Majlis committees be open to the public. We should increase public awareness of this and encourage more people to observe Committee sittings.
June 16, 2009 10:40 PM
the barking guy...look what your previous barking landed us with? A barking President! gosh, you better giv up the barking spirit of you mdpers before the maldivian people gag you barking lot. just getting nasty at president maumoon will not make anni barker a hero. he is a failure. he cannot run a country but he can lead a barking crowd like you guys. in previous 30 years, president maumoon led the people in an admirable manner. just listen to his speeches, not a single word of abuse in THIRTY YEARS in hundreds of speeches. look at anni barker... in less than 6 months, he has barked a million words of abuse at ... his countrymen! get it into your thick skull barking man!
June 20, 2009 9:10 PM
Actually what we should be putting in the Commissions should be very very young, inexperienced, wet behind the ears, think the world of themselves young PHDs who got the unfair chance and go abroad to study during the Gayoom administration? Not people like Mohamed Ibrahim, who also applied, but were told by Maumoon and Abdulla Hameed to stay because 'people like you are needed to run the country'? Hey the people with the PHD's now are the sons of ass lickers during the Gayoom era.!!!!!!!!!! Keep in mind you asses.
June 20, 2009 9:11 PM
READ THE ABOVE YOU DONKEYS!
June 20, 2009 9:12 PM
I AGREE WITH THIS!
Actually what we should be putting in the Commissions should be very very young, inexperienced, wet behind the ears, think the world of themselves young PHDs who got the unfair chance and go abroad to study during the Gayoom administration? Not people like Mohamed Ibrahim, who also applied, but were told by Maumoon and Abdulla Hameed to stay because 'people like you are needed to run the country'? Hey the people with the PHD's now are the sons of ass lickers during the Gayoom era.!!!!!!!!!! Keep in mind you asses.
June 23, 2009 7:39 AM
great! you guys who had the chance and money couldnt do much hey? what you licked is a mystery, but definitely, none of you or your stupid parents, ie ppl like abdul hannan haleem karanka rasheed moomina haleem or the kerafas had the brains or guts to study. you guys were too keen to go into drugs and drinks. whatever it is, some people had the brains to invest in brains. so you see maumoon, hameed, zahir hussein and the like's children with much to their merit. most of them studied on scholarships from universities abroad. jealous vanee dho. keeh kuraanee. phd keehkuran degree gandeh ves nulibunennu. look at the shihabs for godssake. solahu shihab went to australia when he was 15 but ended up with a minor degree. his only son is into drugs. what kind of rot are you talking about. brains with drugs on their minds can achieve nothing even if they hav money and power! emme dharieh bodu nukurevey main bafainnah keeh kureveynee. thi ulhey anni akee ves echcheh kiyevi meeheh nooney. laari gandu drinks ah heydha kuree. dhen thibey. education achieved cannot be stripped of ownership. lalalala!
June 23, 2009 7:45 AM
who? mohamed ibrahim? orchidmaage ga hure bodu viyas adhi kiyevi kamakah nuvaane. molhu kamakah ves nuvaane. ehereenu ismail shafeeu ves. dhuniye ranvee iruves eyna akah neygunu. hama beyfulhu kanmathee hure bodu musaara hoadha nuvithaakah egeyga faithila jessi meehaku viyya ves bodu maqaam dheegen gengulhunee. eheree hunaif ves. nidhi nufilaane ofees gadi nimey iruves. mihaaru ves bodu maqaam ga keeh kuranee? nidhanee? phd ves hedheynee hedhey fenvaru meehunnashey. faisa huttas nuvaane. ehennama hurihaa kerafaa thakaa mariyaa didi gey meehun thibeynee e degree hadhaigennehnu. adhi deen kalo faisaa dhin sappalheyves hama efadha vaane ehnu. aha! adhi deen kalo ge dharin thako. emme degree gandeh ves neiy dho. kobaa ekkala koli meehunthah. dharin hama raa boiygen ulhenee dho. umurah resort dheefi viyya maumoon sarukaarun. maumoon moonuga sappeh jahaafa eoh ulheneenu anni fahathu laigen. molhu meehun molhu vaanee. faisaa huttas nethas! hoadhaa balaafa vaahaka dhakkaa.
June 23, 2009 7:47 AM
ali hashim ah maumoon scholarship hoadhaa dhevvi goiy engey meehaku nethee ba. eyna bappa dharieh noon kamah hadhaafa america ah fonuvaafa hutta male ais, maumoonah aadheys koggen scholarship hoadhee, nuhaqqun
June 23, 2009 8:36 AM
anon@9:12; haadha jealous vegen eba ulheyey dho. achieving a phd is no small feat. some have achieved masters and phds. congrats to those. hats off to maumoon and hameed family especially. some havent. obviously you are one of the latter. booo hooo hooo!
June 23, 2009 8:39 AM
hey hey. dhen commission thakah hoveynee ves fenvaru huregen dho. hovey meehunnah saabas! marhabaa!keep up the great posts. RN. you can see how worried mdpers are! education thrives above mdpers. don't you worry!
June 23, 2009 8:41 AM
I SUPPORT THIS!. READ ON!!who? mohamed ibrahim? orchidmaage ga hure bodu viyas adhi kiyevi kamakah nuvaane. molhu kamakah ves nuvaane. ehereenu ismail shafeeu ves. dhuniye ranvee iruves eyna akah neygunu. hama beyfulhu kanmathee hure bodu musaara hoadha nuvithaakah egeyga faithila jessi meehaku viyya ves bodu maqaam dheegen gengulhunee. eheree hunaif ves. nidhi nufilaane ofees gadi nimey iruves. mihaaru ves bodu maqaam ga keeh kuranee? nidhanee? phd ves hedheynee hedhey fenvaru meehunnashey. faisa huttas nuvaane. ehennama hurihaa kerafaa thakaa mariyaa didi gey meehun thibeynee e degree hadhaigennehnu. adhi deen kalo faisaa dhin sappalheyves hama efadha vaane ehnu. aha! adhi deen kalo ge dharin thako. emme degree gandeh ves neiy dho. kobaa ekkala koli meehunthah. dharin hama raa boiygen ulhenee dho. umurah resort dheefi viyya maumoon sarukaarun. maumoon moonuga sappeh jahaafa eoh ulheneenu anni fahathu laigen. molhu meehun molhu vaanee. faisaa huttas nethas! hoadhaa balaafa vaahaka dhakkaa.
KEKEKE!
June 23, 2009 2:39 PM
guys bark your heads off. but current administration people are no match for the previous govt, whether maumoon and family or jameels etc ruled. the previous gov had more people integrity, educated people and respect. now it is chaos all through. look at the crap state mins and ministers and their deputies. the entire political appointees should bow in shame!!! dhekkeyne vaahaka eh netheema auditor general boluga huri isthashi nugunigen e ulhenee!