British and Indian interests not secured in the 2013 Election in Maldives

Mohamed Nasheed 

The Maldivian Democratic Party, fore-runner in the 2013 Presidential Elections called for a nationwide protest after The Supreme Court on Monday night suspended the run-off while it examines a complaint about the first round of voting by the third-placed defeated candidate, business tycoon Gasim Ibrahim. 

Jumhoori party called for the results to be annulled because of major fraud in the electoral rolls and claimed they have credible evidence of organized mass scale rigging conducted by the Commission Officials.

Commonwealth golden boy flagged

The Commonwealth expressed deep concern without consideration to any circumstances of fraud during the Poll. The Statement issued by the Commonwealth group of countries, which has been monitoring the polls was strongly worded and damning. It said talk of annulling the election was "deeply worrying. The people of Maldives worked hard to get a democratic constitution, they want it respected and it is their right that the elections deliver a result that reflects the wishes of the majority,"  Whilst the majority of 11000 voters, opposed Nasheed’s comeback to office, the Commonwealth’s lack understanding of majority and minority led them to publish a statement supposedly on behalf of the people of Maldives more than their own Supreme court who’s decision that was welcome by all the parties other than the CW favorite, former president Mohamed Nasheed who also slammed the injunction suspending Saturday's run-off vote as undemocratic and the work of a "kangaroo court".

Recently however, the Commonwealth has repeatedly been interfering in the domestic affairs of the Maldives, in the guise of democracy and gone as far as issuing statements in mockery of democracy where all disputes are settled by the courts. This was true when CW favorite Nasheed resigned from President on February 07, 2011. Overwhelmed with sentiment and apprehension Commonwealth Envoy Don McKinnon said in a statement "No election anywhere is going to be absolutely perfect and there was no evidence or claim before the election that the voter register was manifestly so deficient as to distort the outcome."

The Commonwealth, a grouping of former British territories and countries, sent the largest contingent of foreign observers for the first round. They reported the voting as fair and credible. Among other were India and the United Nations. Except for Indian GMR experts planted deep inside the EC no foreign observers were privy to the scandalous scale of rigging that was conducted by the officials from within the Commission.

Dark forces working for the Indian interests funded by GMR again did the inevitable. I is not conceivable for CW favourite Nasheed could have got away in first round on September 7 with 45.45 percent if the counting and subsequent consolidation came out clean.  The calm and orderly conduct of business on that fatal September 7 did bear testament to something murky and mysterious was happening. MDP comes against a backdrop of only 45000 registered members in his party.

The ballot count took less than a day; the EC of Maldives refused a recount on the grounds it will take more than six months. With the Supreme Court involved in the issue, it is expected to reveal many of those murky and mysterious activities that the EC officials engaged in. This will shrink the chances of rigging on that stupendous scale as was conducted on the first round.  CW favourite now faces a run-off against Abdullah Yameen, the half-brother of the islands' former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. With or without the Supreme Court’s verdict, and more secure and clear conditions in place, PPM expects to win this election with an overwhelming majority.

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
former President of Maldives 

"There is nothing unconstitutional in the Supreme Court's order" said an official of the Maldivian Government.  "We call upon The Commonwealth group of Countries, the United Nation an countries such as Britain and Germany to read and understand our constitution first and stop making statements that are unconstitutional, for it only display their ignorance and gluttony."  Nasheed, resigned in February last year following his failure to curb the 26 days of demonstrations that was held in Male in protest against him having kidnapped a sitting judge. He later denounced it as a "coup", saying his resignation was tendered under duress in a process orchestrated by Gayoom. He later accused his own deputy who was constitutionally installed as president immediately afterwards as the “coup leader”.

India is the greatest looser in this ordeal. The contract with GMR was terminated by the Waheed Administration on the grounds that the agreement was “Void- ab- Initio” the term legally means “to be treated as invalid from the outset”. Indian efforts to compromise and re-negotiate fell on desert ground.  Nasheed who promised to restore the GMR agreement was fluffily financed by the GMR to turn out the winner in the 2013 Presidential Race.  The Indian effort was not just single fold.  They had a multi-fold approach.  During an official visit to India in mid-2013, Mr. Gayoom was told by Indian officials “at any cost we want to ensure that Waheed is not elected.” They also invited Hon. Gasim Ibrahim to dissuade him from forming a coalition with incumbent President, which he did.

Indian High Commission in Male

It is also mindful of China’s expanding influence in the region and many warn the Maldives could become another a Beijing’s stooge sitting in the peripherals of what New Delhi’s calls National Defense periphery.  The Indian media talk about a Chinese submarine base being built in the Maldives,  an idea that was floated by the Nasheed regime, by his then Defense Minister now a member of Jumhoori Alliance promoting Gasim for President. 

India enjoyed greater influence in the Maldives when Nasheed was in power. He has been a vocal supporter of GMR’s right to continue with developing the Male airport, which is seen as a reason for New Delhi’s involvement in the local politics.

Britain and the Western European countries expressing support for Mr. Nasheed is less based on military and security grounds, more so than the appetite for a share of the wealth from the emerging Tourism Super Zone in the Indian Ocean led by Maldives. Nasheed is viewed as accommodating foreign influence for his personal interest more so than protecting and preserving the national sovereignty, it's status and the regional identity Maldives have attained.  Nasheed was described by one GMR official as “a good friend who will do a favor for a few dollars more.”

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Anti-Corruption Commission; The Bedrock of Corruption in Maldives

The Anti-Corruption Commission , Maldives

If you want to know who is behind the dirty politics, follow the money trail. Maldives has fallen prey to dirty politics. Some have fallen victims (those who did not want to join the dirty politics) and those who stood to benefit (those who joined the dirty political band wagon). Amongst the many that joined the dirty politics, was the very institution that was set up to follow the money trail and catch the dirty politicians systematically. It became the arm that assist and provide cover for the dirty politicians.  Is this the mission for which the ANTI CORRUPTION COMMISSION of Maldives was setup?

 

Today it is popularly known among Maldivians as the BRIBE COMMISSION.  It is headed by Mohamed Luthufi who once worked as an auditor and became tantalized with huge amounts of money that was siphoned by the Government officials. Luthufi made it his objective in life to get into the commission to be part of this siphoning of state funds.

 

Rufiyaa Changes Hands in ACC

Luthuli was selected to the Anti-Corruption Commission by the opposition parties during President Nasheed's Administration, to steer the course of the independent institutions to a moral setting and exposing corruption in government. President Nasheed ingeniously  saw it as a plus point to archive his goals of destroying Maldives, been a descendent of the rouge family that failed to bring about a revolution despite several attempts.



Members of the ACC or Bribe Commission as commonly known, like Muaffiz, Abdulla Hilmy, Khadija, had corrupt records and they had mastered the art of indulgence keeping themselves aloof of the law. Nasheed's decision may have been based on his conviction of the old saying, "set a thief to catch a thief". Unfortunately these thieves did not catch thieves, they joined the bandwagon and facilitated the campaign of terrorizing civil servants by aiding and abetting corrupt rouges.

 

Members of Anti-Corruption Commission summoned to
Parliament Sub Committee to Account for Corruption Charges
levied against the Commission - 2012.

Today the Anti-Corruption Commission members has collecting agents, (just like the mafia when they were forming in their initial stages), who threatened innocent workers and have corruption cases filed with the corrupt Anti-Corruption Commission, and promise any such case would be smoothed out if a payment could be made.

Innocent civil servants wonder in panic what it would take to protect their reputation; many would agree to pay an amount. But those adamant would stick to their virtues and refuse to pay any bribe to the commission's agents. Such civil servants would face the wrath of the Commission and they would move to implicate the victims with some bygone issue or incident even without a proper basis by concluding that the Commission saw it as corruption without even undertaking a proper investigation.  Then, in a calculated effort to assassinate the character of such persons, ACC would make announcements over the public media implicating and threatening victims with the possibility of having the charges pressed through the Prosecutor General.

 



Prosecutor-General Mr. Muizz

The proceeds of the bribe collected by the erratic behavior of ACC are shared with some very distinguished parliamentarians. Statistics show that almost 70 % of the so called cases put forward by ACC is thrown out by the court. It is a true manifestation that what ACC does of just dusting the Pompeii.

 

Corruption can be defined as misuse of power derived from your official portfolio for private gain or advantage. Isn't this what the Members of the ACC is actually doing?  This is the state of our nation living the love story with its new found democracy. The organization established eradicate corruption in Maldives is the very organization blackmailing ordinary working citizens and collecting bribes for their personal gain.

Ordinary Maldivians believe that the appointment of the present ACC with Hassan Luthufi as its leader, corruption in Maldives has increased by 56 percent. Bribes paid off to ACC officials increased by 34 percent and surprisingly was from the lowest income quintile. Transparency International’s survey evidently referred to people who responded that they paid the bribes to ACC to avoid a problem with the authorities. The report also indicated that 90 percent of people thought that ordinary people can make a difference by standing up to the treats of ACC, and refuse to pay bribes

The Anti-Corruption Commission of Maldives - Is it corrupt?

Nasheed enjoying the "Idiots Dance"

President Nasheed's three years in office was the most grief-stricken era in the history of Maldives. Nasheed's government nominated officials to independent institutions vested with broad powers to oversee the functioning of the government. However, to the dismay of the helpless citizens, Nasheed ingeniously grabbed the opportunity to recruit his cronies so his party’s involvement in massive corruption to make the party wealthy will have no repercussions.

This is evident looking at the status of the nation’s economy. The national debt went from 5Billion Rufiyaa to 26Billion Rufiyaa. State owned enterprises were squandered mercilessly; some even had to declare bankruptcy. Selling the airport to GMR is a classic example. The SAARC convention held in Addu Atoll at the cost of MVR. 1Billion, and on goes the list.

All these cases were filed with the anti-corruption commission, but none of them were investigated to date. I am surprised why the Anti-Corruption Commission is refusing to look into these cases. Investigating the truth behind this reluctance, the unfolding story was shocking and disturbing. Hence I decided that it’s my duty to put this into paper and inform the Maldivian public of the “Maldivian Free Masons” that has come into existence with the new found love affair with democracy in Maldives. Illuminati

Hon. Ahmed Nazim (Jangiya)
 Deputy Speaker of the
Peoples Majlis  and
CEO of MFM)

This MFM as they call themselves has infiltrated to almost all the independent commissions, particularly the Anti-Corruption Commission, where the President of the Commission Abdulla Luthufi is a board member of the Maldivian Free Masons. The connection between the political parties and the MFM is even more shocking. ACC President Luthufi a member of PPM, the Deputy President of ACC is a member of the MDP. Both these parties systematically control the anti-corruption schemes and schedules. They decide what’s to be investigated and what not to be. Both leaders report to Jangiyaa Nazim who is the designated Chief Executive of the MFM Board. Nazim is also the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.

The MFM board is composed of Abdulla Shaahid Vice Chairman ( Speaker of the Majlis)  Jangiyaa Nazim CEO ( Deputy Speaker Majlis ) Ibrahim Husain Zaki (MDP STRONGMAN and advisor to President Nasheed) Other hidden members were not exposed as they were too inside to be exposed.

President of ACC
Abdulla Luthufi
member of PPM

ACC takes instructions from Jangiyaa Nazim on cases that has to be under taken, and on the people whose integrity to be tarnished. Abdulla Luthufi follows instructions judiciously and execute. The MFM believes that in so doing, they could keep the government officials in check allowing them to manipulate the nation’s financial resources for their own gains. The MFM has employed their henchmen in state owned enterprises to sniff out funds. Since the appointment of the current members to ACC, the Maldives corruption index went up on the world corruption index.

It's a sad reality, but how many of us know this. The MFM has systematically filtered into every vital institutions of the nation. I only hope and pray that they don't get into hospitals which could mean our kidneys and vital organs could be sold for a price.

May ALLAH BLESS MALDIVES.
Ibrahim Ali