The Devil's Spot in Aneh Dhivehi Raajje

The Loss of the Father of Maldivian Independence

2008-11-23T09:40:00.000-08:00

“10 years is enough. In fact, it is in excess of the time I wanted to govern”. He was the second President of the Republic of Maldives, governing from 1968 to 1978. Sumuvvul Ameer Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyrikilegefaanu (Born 1926 and Passed away on 22-11-2008).

Today I had the honour to pay my last respects to a man who I had never seen, the first President of the Second Republic. As the nation mourns the demise of this great figure, it would be right for us to acknowledge the great things he did for the betterment of this nation and for the profit of the people of the Republic of Maldives. What he did wrong, is for you to judge and not to say at the time of his death with his body still not buried.

Ibrahim Nasir was an enigmatic figure who governed Maldives for the benefit of the people and not for the benefit of himself. Just, fair, courageous, and with a keen sense of politics, Ibrahim Nasir felt that whatever developments that was needed for the Maldivian, should be in its most complete form.

To acknowledge all that he has achieved for this nation would be too long a list, but, not mentioning the development of the, judicial system, education system (the current G.C.E Education system, the telecommunications system (the T.V.M, Radio Maldives), the fisheries industry, the tourism industry (first resort being Vihamanaafushi, now Kurumba Village, Bandos Island Resort), the health system, the Airport and the good governance of all the atolls would be a folly on my part (and I rarely make follies)!.

When the time came for the Maldives to be independent from the British Protectorate, it was Ibrahim Nasir who made this crucial decision for the people. When Ibrahim Nasir felt that he had governed Maldives for too long a time (10 years in time), he peacefully resigned from his post as the President of the Maldives. This is the child of true democracy, unlike Our Foreverness Golhaabo For Life, who felt that even 30 years of biting the Presidency is not enough, and crying for more!! ( hard as it may be, let the readers know that I am in no mood for foul language today)!

Woe onto the Maldivians when Our Foreverness Golhaabo For Life was chosen as the next President of the Maldives! When Ibrahim Nasir handed this scum-bag of Our Foreverness Golhaabo as the next President, we all found out what he did right?! Talk of biting the hand that feeds you!! Hehehehehe…

His Foreverness Golhaabo’s cronies, Abbas, Illyas and others who created a nuisance for the whole family of Ibrahim Nasir and other members of Velaanaage became the next cabinet Ministers.

Making foul songs and poems, blaring them from the speakers along the streets of Male’ and in the areas where Nasir’s relatives lived, rioting on the streets, forcing young school children to come out and participate in the demonstrations against the Velaanaage Family and the ministers chosen by Nasir were the dish of those days. And Hammittey, who cried like a little girl, in Parliament when Nasir decided to resign, was more than happy to become a member of the Cabinet of his brother, so that he may make his disgusting advances on the young men of the nation.

Just ask any old person above the age of 50 who is alive on the streets of Male’ today and you shall have the truthful answer. Or you may even ask a brave soul such as Moomina Haleem who was the first female Minister and the likes who were forced into self-exile due to the nuisance created by His Foreverness For Life and his cronies! Or even have a look at the T.V for crying out loud!!!!
AND His Foreverness Golhaabo HAD THE BLOODY NERVE TO COME ON T.V TODAY AND SAY HE WAS NOT AWARE OF IT ALL THIS TIME???? Bloody……..!!!!!!!?? THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN RIDDEN OF THE OLD His Foreverness Golhaabo SOONER!! How else could we survive with such a DEMENTED old fart who does not know whether he has crapped in his nappy or not???

This is indeed a strange day for all of us!! Even in here!! We have seen the REAL who is who in Maldives..!! Speaking of that, this morning, The All Knowing Sakeebu was on T.V trumpeting about the great doings of Nasir. When Ismail Nasir got off Sri Lankan Airlines with his fathers body, The All Knowing Sakeebu was so saddened by the fact that he could not get to know Ismail Nasir. And whose fault was that? None other than His Foreverness Golhaabo, who made sure that Maldivians would only remember Golhaa as the father of democracy and who brought Maldives into the current future, thereby taking credit for all that is done for Maldives by Ibrahim Nasir. Hehehehe… Even Helldom is better off than Maldives when His Foreverness was through with it!

Today, the Devil was flabbergasted to be quite close when the Pyromaniac Abbas and Illyas scrambled into Theemuge after the coffin of Ibrahim Nasir, to pay their “last respects”. Even I would be ashamed to do that after all that they had done! Adding to this dishonour was the fact that His Foreverness and his brood went to pay their last respects when Ibrahim Nasir’s family did not clearly wish then to do so (whispered in my septic ears by a clever little demon)?

What we all witnessed today is the fact that it was Ibrahim Nasir who developed this nation. Not His Foreverness Golhaabo For Life Our God! Listen to the T.V. Listen to the people whose mouths have been gagged for 30 years by the threats of His Foreverness. Today, the gag has come off! Today, the truth has come out. For 30 years, the truth has been hidden from the Maldivians, trashed away in a corner, the truth lay, now to be revealed! It was not His Foreverness who did all this for Maldives, it was Ibrahim Nasir and our forefathers. Even those days, people where more aware of democracy than today!!!!! That is why Ibrahim Nasir resigned from Presidency, and that is why today, Ibrahim Nasir is being visited by more people of Maldives than His Foreverness Golhaabo For Life could ever have wished for!!!

And the T.V.M, who, for 30 years was arse-kissing His Foreverness Golhaabo was heaping the long over-due praise upon praise for Ibrahim Nasir!! Hehehehehe…. Talk about hiding the truth for 30 years.

The fact is, if His Foreverness For Life, won the elections instead of Not For Life Anni, then the demise of Ibrahim Nasir, in Mount Elizabeth Hospital of Singapore, would just be mentioned in the post script of the 8.00pm news on T.V.M. And neither would we see this sad but GREAT DAY, when a true President would return to his own country to rest amongst its people and that too in great honour, with dignity and with a great outpouring of grief!!!

May God have mercy on Sumuvvul Ameer Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyrikilegefaanu’s soul, grant him Peace in Heaven and grant courage and strength to his family in this hard time. Amen!

P.S. Even when I was paying my last respects I was bloody shocked to notice that in the side-room that we were in, that there were plenty of hooks on the wall of Theemuge? wonder where the paintings or pictures on those hooks!

Replacing His Foreverness’s Golhabo’s 8 Minions (answering the Kutt)

2008-11-18T02:11:00.001-08:00

Talking about Political absurdities, it is my contention that this Kutti of a Fool has actually come up with some sensible arguments. Surprise! Surprise! Wonder where his allegiance will swing this time?

I too think that it is a political absurdity that the 8 stinking minions of His Foreverness Golhaabo For Life should continue under the new Government! Might throw a spanner into the hard earned works of those who actually did and are in the process of bringing true democracy to the Maldives.

Hell! Even I would not take into this Firedom any coot who did not agree with me in the past! So what’s the big deal about all this?

Let’s see. According to my previous article, His Foreverness Golhaabo For Life was never a president of the Maldives under the new constitution. He was just another presidential candidate who sorely lost under the second round of the elections, which means that there can never be his Presidential elected members in the Parliament. The reason is that he has repealed the old constitution and henceforth his elected members should not exist under the new constitution. Period!

Kutti! Why are you running around the burning bush? At one time you say the old constitution does not exist and the next instance you say it exists and the new constitution is a creature of the old constitution. Don’t make me chase my forked tail around in hell! There can only be ONE constitution in a country! Either this or that! I see why you are saying there are two constitutions or that the new one gains power from the old one! When you want to seek power and privileges and prolong the seat of His Foreverness Golhaa for Life’s 8 minions, you cry that the old constitution exists! When Anni Not For Life elects his members, you cry foul and say that the new constitution does not provide for his 8 elected little demons! What bloody sodding nonsense! This is the same as His Foreverness For Life trumpeted when he wanted Privileges due an ex-president under the New Constitution.

Since we are talking of legal issues, lets see what arguments we can put forth against Kutti and His Foreverness for Golhaa. First, the new constitution does not provide for the appointment or removal of the previously elected 8 minions nor for the newly elected 8 demons. So what is to stop Anni Not For Life from electing his 8 demons? He did not do anything unconstitutional by electing them, since the constitution is silent on the matter. There is no illegality or any issue of an act ultra vires to the constitution. When His Foreverness For Life, wanted to change his members or dismiss any member of Parliament he did so at his demented whim and fancy. Well! Atleast Anni Not for Life is doing according to the “precious” procedures that Kutti is now so vehemently protecting! Hehehehe!! Kutt. You also said:
“While it may be logical to say that any member appointed by the president can be dismissed or replaced by the president, law does not always follow logic Law requires specific procedures to be outlined in the constitution to do that. This is especially so, when different countries have different procedures for appointing or nominating members to parliament”.

Since when were you so very much concerned about the proper legal principles? When his Foreverness For Life was thrown out on his royal tush onto the streets? Hehe..My dear evil Kutti, you want to eat the cake and the cherry on top of it! Believe you me, you are one cunning little demon! Since Law required specific procedures and we follow logic, not fancy, it is only right that Anni Not For Life replace the old 8 minions with his 8 little demons. This is logic! This is correct! And you yourself stated that the current Parliament is locked within the new constitution. Again! This gives Anni the power to replace His Foreverness Golhaa’s 8 minions with his own little demons.

Kutti, you also mentioned with your sneaky tongue that:
“Therefore, it is imperative that the constitution provide procedures to appoint, dismiss and replace appointed members in the old parliament. However, no such procedure is there in the current constitution”.

Now whose fault was this? His Foreverness NEVER AGREED in the first place to come up with a PROPERLY DRAFTED CONSTITUTION whereby he may undermine his powers! Bloody Hell! He never expected to Lose this time! Therefore it is his own death trap that he has walked into! Hehehehe….sorry old coot! You lost!

Therefore under the same anology whereby the new constitution does not give power to appoint new members, then under that anology, the old constitution does provide for the replacement of His Foreverness for Life’s 8 stinking minions!

You should be the one to talk about the Democratic way of electing members, let alone Democracy! Ha! Makes me wanna puke putrid pus! Atleast Anni Not For Life is doing the right thing, by coming up on TV and announcing that any decision of the Court on the matter would be honoured and obeyed. Since when did your Master, His Foreverness Golhaa For Life actually uttered such noble words? Did you honestly think that Anni Not For Life is going to jeopardize the rights and liberties and trust of the people of Maldives as your Master has done! Never! Or else he shall answer to me.

So be a good little Kutti, and go to bed instead of trying to stir up some silly little mischief!

Golhaabo, Aneesa and "Presidential Privileges"

2008-11-06T11:59:00.000-08:00

Feeling quite historical (not hysterical yet) at the moment I found that Bernard H. Bourdill, the then acting Governor of Ceylon, visited Maldives in 1930 to advise the then Sultan and the government of the Maldives in drafting of the First Constitution. The compiled Constitution contained 92 articles. It took exactly 1 year, 8 months and 22 days from the Sultan's decree to draft a Constitution to the ratification of the document.

Today we have a new constitution, ratified on 7th August 2008, and after a lot of tail bending, tongue biting and horn twisting, a little demon, whispered in my septic ears, that His Foreverness Golhaabo for Life our God is hell bent on abusing it again, unsatisfied that he has already violated the old constitution. Bloody burning hell!!

As argued by Hamittey's son Shaheen, representing the Elections Commission, the constitution was “new”. Ehehehee…freak!! Constitutions can never be repealed legally!! They can only be amended, unless a revolution takes place.

In over 40 articles, he said, the constitution refers to itself as “this constitution” meaning past constitutions are void. Ho hum!! Another so-called “legal” interpretation made and fed by His Foreverness uncle.

Clause 293(b), noted Hameed, specifies that “upon the commencement of this Constitution, the ‘Constitution of the Republic of the Maldives’ which came into force on 1 January 1998 shall be repealed.” It is on this basis that His Foreverness Golhaabo for Life our God claimed that THAT is the reason why the 30 years of his rule cannot be counted and he can face elections again and that he did this time. So therefore his 30 year rule is not part of this new constitution. I have seen his Foreverness say this on my new Flaming Red293Ghetto TV. Go have a looksy at Hamaroalhi or Haveeru or whatever news that takes your fancy.

Come to Hell Shaheen!!! Were you planning to be another bloody embarrassment to the Legal Profession of Maldives, like my rosy pudgy pie Azima Sukoor. And as for the judges who knows steaming-crap about proper legal theories, who, in their “infinite judicial wisdom” ruled for Golhaa, the saying goes, “Out of every three judges, two will go to hell”. Come to Papa!!! I have made a nice burning bed of fire for them…stoking them hot as I speak!!

Here is the funny thing: Under Clause 107 of the new constitution, which sets the two-term limit, specifically says no President elected “pursuant to this constitution” may serve more than two terms, whilst the transitional chapter states the upcoming presidential elections will be the first held under this constitution, the Elections Commission argued.

The truth (oh! It hurts to say that!!), is His Foreverness Golhaa said that he was running for Presidency under the new constitution. AND HE LOST!!! And right under the bloody blooming New Constitution…hehehehe…
Even though His Foreverness Golhaa lost, he still is pursuing the lavish life he had before under the new constitution. WTFing Hell!

According to the new constitution Article 128 states:

“Raaisul Jumhooriyaa kamuge magaam gai huri meehaku kuh veri nuve qaanoonee hamathakuge mathin vakivejje nama dhaulathge emme mathee verikan koffaivaa meehakah dheyn jehey izzathaai gadharaai ekasheegen vaa fadha rakkaa theri kamaai maalee inaaya thaai ehenihen inaayathah emeehakah haggu vaane eve. Mi gothun dhevey rakkaatheri kamaai inaayahthah gaanoonu gaa bayaan kuran vaaane eve”.

Now we know what the Ol’ Foreverness is after! IF GOLHAA SAYS THAT HE HAS NOT RULED UNDER NEW CONSTITUTION AND THAT IS WHY HE COULD RUN FOR OFFICE THIS TIME, then he should not be given any “khaassa inaayaiy” (privileges) under the NEW CONSTITUTION because HE HAS Not RULED UNDER the new CONSTITUTION!!He cannot have it BOTH WAYS!! When it comes to power he wants to run under the old constitution and the new one. My little dark minions, we can’t let him take this one!

That old bag of an Aneesaththa is making me wanna twist off that rotten, old wrinkly tongue of hers with my Trident!! My little evil ones, I am sure you know I am talking about the Bill she is trying to push through in the Parliament. Aneesaththa, not being satisfied of ol man pyromaniac Abbas's amourous moves, now wants to back up His Foreverness. Well, you can kiss his dimpled tush if you think you can pass this Bill!

This is what the Bill states:
According to the Bill:
Article 2: (NOONU) he should be addressed as PRESIDENT (Raees) Officially!!!
Article 3: (that he should be paid the same salary as the President's salary by the state.
Article 4: provided a residence and office staff by the state.
Article 7: provided health care by the state and abroad and if he had a special doctor, then the services of that specialist doctor should be provided at the state expense.

Aneesa, darling! Listen to the Devil. You are evil! But not as evil as me!! Never!! Did you honestly (a word I abhor) think that you can get away with this, when your dumb-witted, old His Foreverness for Life Golhaa, by his own lying tongue, said that he has not ruled under the new constitution? Hehehehe…you are really stupid. Must make a new burning cove in Hell to house the kinds of you! Move over Judas!

Oh! Yeah! There is a legal terminology for the things that you and Your Foreverness Golhaa are going to do to this new constitution. It’s a simple two letter latin word called “Ultra Vires”. Ask any lawyer. It means acting in excess of and therefore against the powers conferred by a law, the Constitution being the supreme law of a nation, making your actions VOID under the Constitution!! You, my crazy ol’ Foreverness for Life Golhaabo Our God, is trying to fool the nation and the Devil again. And Aneesa Bag thinks she knows the law well enough to help you? Hehehe…..My Bloody Hell! You are cunning.

The basic argument is SINCE GOLHAA HAS CLAIMED HIMSELF THAT HE HAS NOT RULED UNDER THIS CONSITITUTION AND SINCE HE CLAIMS THAT IT IS A NEW CONSTITUTION, THEN THEREFORE HE CANNOT CLAIM ANYTHING AS AN OUTGOING RULER...BECAUSE BY THE SAME RULE, HE HAS NOT RULED UNDER THIS CONSTITUTION.

And that my little minions, is the end of tonight’s bedtime story. Have to get that burning bed ready for the Judges and a new hot cove to house my darling sweetie Aneesa! Dig?

To Charge or not to Charge His Foreverness Golhaabo

2008-11-05T20:40:00.001-08:00

I am particularly in a more Devilish mood then ever today. Given the fact that there was absolute mayhem in Helldom, with some nasty old bags like Aneesa making a hallabaloo about how His Foreverness Golhaabo For Life Our God is braying about how he wants a pension the size of which rivals the treasury of all Helldom! I have a crink in my arthritic neck from constantly saying “no” to that one!

Well, like we have all been anticipating my little evil ones, the day has come that Anni was dragged to the Courts.
"He was canvassing at the polling station – there are allegations that he was asking people to vote for him," said EC legal officer Azmiralda Zahir, a day before the runoff election day, in an interview given to Minivan News. True a charge has been lodged against Anni. But lets see weather we can frame against our Lord Mighty Golhaabo for the crimes that he has committed against the people of Maldives. Hehehe….

Well she may contend that but Azmiralda, you having read law should be well aware of one thing, that; a prima facie case is made out against the accused where the prosecution has adduced credible evidence proving each ingredient of the offence, which if unrebutted, or unexplained, would warrant a conviction”. When the magistrate upon taking all the evidence available, deems that it is insufficient to establish a prima facie case against the accused, the magistrate is entitled to acquit the accused. In addition to this the prosecution must close its case before the court could act under para (f) and decide whether a prima facie case has been made or not. The case of Haw Tua Tau (1981) 2 MLJ 49 decided by the Privy Council in Singapore under Section 188(1) of the Singapore CPC was in pari material with the Malay CP which is the translation draft to be implemented in Maldives, Per Lord Diplock, what the essence of the section was that the judge must consider whether there is some evidence (need not be inherently incredible) which if the judge were to consider as accurate, would establish each and every element of the crime, which was alleged. If such evidence has not been, then the judge has the function of deciding to call upon the accused to enter his defence. Given the fact that Anni’s pass to the election polling station was one issued by the Elections Commission, how this would incriminate him is beyond comprehension of my bald, two horned, firey head! If the evidence adduced by the prosecution was incredible, then a prima facie case cannot be stated and each and every essential element of the accused has not been proved, which no doubt in Maldives would be BLOODY INCREDIBLY STUPID!!!

Hehehe… charging His Foreverness Golhabo For Life should be pretty easy eh mateys, in? All the killings that occurred in the jail, all the corruption charges (the evidence issued by the Auditor General should be particularly juicy for anyone, whose interests are affected by all the embezzlements that have taken place). Of course His Foreverness is going to deny all of it!
But considering the fact that there is ample evidence against his Foreverness, shall we try to frame a charge against him? Definitely! And if the State is refusing to prosecute His Foreverness, a private prosecution can also be made! How? Hehehe…let the Devil show you how..

A private prosecution is a criminal offence case initiated by an individual or organization other than the state-funded prosecutor. In countries which allow such prosecutions, the procedure is typically used in circumstances where the public prosecutor believes the case not to be in the public interest. The public prosecutor may also suspect that the defendant is guilty, but believe there to be insufficient evidence for a conviction: in this case the public prosecutor may have the authority to block the private prosecution in order to prevent a future public prosecution with better evidence from being prevented by the principle of double jeopardy. The public prosecutor may also have the authority to take over the private case for other reasons.

In order to initiate a private prosecution an individual or organization other than the state-funded prosecutor goes to the local court of appropriate jurisdiction (Criminal or Provincial) and gets in line to see a Judge to swear on oath in an attempt to convince the Justice or Judge that there is enough evidence to demonstrate a reasonable probability of conviction.
Once the Justice or Judge has been convinced of such, he or she will issue an "information" which is a form telling the name and occupation of the informant (the person swearing to the Justice or the Judge) the name and address of the alleged offender, and the description of the alleged Offence.

The Justice or Judge will sign the "information" form and issue a summons to the defendant with a date to appear in court. The informant then delivers the summons to the defendant in the prescribed manner and court proceedings are commenced.
First with all the corruption charges. This should be pretty simple! There is evidence that he has emptied the State Coffers to bribe his cronies to support him. How did houses such as Rabee-ee Manzil, or Loan Star Zahirs, or Aneesa’s or Sheereen’s reach the skies? Surely the money did not fall out of the sky? Then, whose money was it? OURS!!! Not His Foreverness Golhabo’s. How do we know this? Refer to the Auditor Generals Report. It’s an independent Government formed Institution which stating that money has been used for purposes other than State uses.

Second of, regarding all the Killings and Tortures taken place throughout the years, inside his Jails! People like Evan Naseem’s mother, and ANYONE who has been broken in the iron fists of His Foreverness must bring charges against him!
So how do you go on about bringing a criminal charge against his Foreverness..Follow these instructions;
Unlike in civil cases, there is no statute of limitations (time limit) on criminal charges. You should have certain information before you can bring a criminal charge. This should be easy enough for torture victims, people who have lost their properties to the fancies of His Foreverness etc etc.

Quite simply, you either write a letter to the police (or go there yourself), and tell them that you were assaulted or that your property was confiscated against the law or that your business was affected by His Foreverness and his cronies, and want to press charges. You must go to the police department and division where the crime took place and make your complaint to them. Give them copies of your documentation, in case they get lost.

Keep in mind that it is not necessary to have the police bring your case to the courts for you. It is possible that the police won’t do anything, because they have what is called discretion in pursuing a crime. If the police fail to take action, you should go directly to a Justice of the Peace. Again, you would go to the court that covers the area where the crime took place. Show them your documentation and they must help you from there. In cases like this, it is sometimes possible for a lawyer to be found who will work on your case for free. Hehehe…my hands are too full with all the cronies of our Beloved Lord Golhaabo already chained to my doggy house! All the best!

Golhaabo and (Un)Democratic Laws

2008-11-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

Recently His Foreverness Golhaabo our God has been trying to get into the good books of the public and the newly elect Anni...one wonders why the sudden change of attitude? anyway any right minded person, the least bit interested in "true freedom" and democracy can fathom the fact that the His Foreverness Golhaabo our God is up to some no good! I have this horrible hunch that the old coot is going to take matters into his blood soaked hands very soon, i.e. before the snap elections take place...now lets see what I have in my Necronomicon book..First, butter up Anni to give His Foreverness Golhaabo our God a pension equivalent to the salary he received when he was walking all over the Maldivians..next, try to convict Anni for the so-called "Elections Fraud". now this should be an interesting thing to note..Fraud! Ah! My favourite legal word in the whole of Helldom!

Lets all talk about Elections Fraud shall we?..

Legally speaking (am I am the advocate of all things evil..hehe) anyone who alleges a fact against another party will always have the burden of proving the FACT that he alleges, throughout the trial. And there are two types of burden to prove in any case..Legal Burden and Evidentiary burden. If His Foreverness Golhaabo our God has to prove a case (and I doubt he will) the legal burden has to be proved BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. Why? Because in any country Election Frauds are deemed to be criminal in nature. See the case of: Tiong Thai King. IF His Foreverness Golhaabo our God can prove this legal burden (not much of a help with the Azima "wasdhuvaa" Sukoor in tow) then only can he have a prima facie case in the first place. Next, he has to prove the Evidentiary burden..Proof that Anni was in breach of Elections Regulations or Laws or whatever we have it right here in Maldives. Where is this evidential proof that will incriminate Anni? He had a valid pass to the elections area PROVIDED by the Elections Commission. So what wrong has he committed when he was given the pass to go there and he used it? No one stopped him! Officials at the elections area saw him come and go and did nothing to stop him or warn him. So how can His Foreverness Golhaabo our God say that there is a Breach of Elections Laws? hehehe...see..His Foreverness Golhaabo our God will stop at nothing to give up his iron-grip on the Maldivians.

Just to pass gas from his obnoxious arse, His Foreverness and Leader for Life Golhaabo our God is making or cooking or currying another one of his fantasy jargon stories. Take a break will you Pharoah Golhaa!

Another thing Golhaa has been trumpeting about is that the snap elections are a crime. May I inquire under what law? I make crimes, I make do people nasty things, and that too legally..hehehe..So His Holiness Golhaabo our God is finally going to take my place as well eh? Well, I'll see about that!

His Foreverness Golhaabo doesn't have an inkling as to what Law to use..hehe..small wonder with all the useless laws we have in Maldives. Laws are made for the protection of the society, not to use it like shit-wiping paper used in Theemuge. Courts in Male' will be well advised to use the criminal law prudently. No man can be charged for a crime and then sentenced guilty without proper proof. Who are the Courts going to call as witnesses? Its only the Police who take the oath in Maldivian Courts, in criminal matters. There is no gate-way to control this at the moment. See, in any criminal case, evidence has to be of such a high quality, that any conviction based on uncorroborated evidence ought to be rejected. Even if the evidence is given by a policeman, how can the Courts believe it on face value? What makes anyone think that such evidence was given without an oblique motive on behalf of Our Beloved Leader for Forever Golhaabo. What is corroborated evidence you say? It is extrinsic evidence which is unrelated to the incident at hand which will connect the accused to the material fact at hand and not only to the crime itself..And it is essential we all remember that His Holier-than-thou Golhaabo our God won't even recognise what the proper legal methods are of incriminating anyone...The only good our laws made by His Foreverness Golhaabo, can bring us is to make us feel weaker by the day...so there...until and unless Anni changes the arbitrary laws in our country His Foreverness Golhaabo will make use of all the useless laws to incriminate Anni!

Why old hands must be in the cabinet

2008-11-04T02:57:00.000-08:00

Hell! I confess! I called the bugger Janaaza! I swore I would twist him like a Danish pastry, roll him in his own spit and throw him into the deep end of hell. You don't have to rub it in. But now that we are in Aneh Dhivehi Raajje I believe that old hands like Shaheed is a wise choice in the cabinet list that seems to have leaked out. And bloody hell! My fellow country guys and gals!! Arnt we having a bit cacoethes carpendi ? So many of you worried about these people who served in the Golhaabo cabinet being in the new cabinet but the Devil advocates that in can only be a good thing within limitations.

Let the Devil elaborate. We need someone who can promote the Maldives to the outside world. IH Zaki does not seem to relish the idea of becoming Foreign MInister. So who else can replace Ablahi Di aka Abdulla Shahid? None other than the man who convinced the international community that out Beloved Leader for Forevernes Golhaabo is indeed God! Shaheed is the ultimate con-artist if one cares to term him that way but if Shaheed can con the international community into buying Golhaabo than he is definitely the man to convince the int.community that the Maldives is indeed a fully fledged democracy where their investors can invest without fear. We defo need someone like that.
I believe the same goes for Dr. Jameel. I am no fan of the man. A distant relative of mine was arrested for throwing bondibaiy at his car...but when you look around he has done more to modernize the justice department than any of his predecessors. Let the Adaalaath people come and stone me but I believe that his decision to allow female judges in the Maldives is the way to go forward (the Adaalaath will stone the devil anyway kekeke). No one was bold enough to take the decision except Jameel. (And NO! I am not going out with THAT girl studying to be a judge here in Malay...way wrong mates!! hehe)
I have no qualms about Qasim Ibrahim being Home MInister either. If old Umar Jaahil (Zahir) can do the job than so can Qasim Ibrahim. Faahana Nizam can be quickly implemented through out the Maldives. I have no worries. As long as Qasim does not have to decide fiscal policy the Devil can live with it
The only person I am concerned is Musthafa Luthfy for Education. Dont get me wrong. It's not because I think he is not qualified enough. I think we need an Education MInister who is inspirational and Musthafa Luthfy comes across as a mild slightly sleepy lethargic kinda guy. We need a charismatic animal in the Education Ministry ...not a mouse.

Ultimately I think we are doing it the wrong way..me included. It's not the personalities in charge of these ministries that should matter. It has to be the policies. If the policies of this government are the right ones and are followed to the letter then you should not worry even if I, the DEVIL, is in charge of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs. Now THAT would be a good one eh? :-)

Mulee Aage for the former Dictator? NEVER!

2008-11-01T02:46:00.001-07:00

Now that people are still in celebratory mood after the end of the 30 year old Dictatorship and our Foreverness and Beloved Leader (NOT hehe) for Life Golhaabo is now obliterated from the Presidency forever, it is understandable that people are feeling a bit conciliatory towards the old man a little bit. But to give him Mulee-Aage to live is outrageous! WTF! With thousands of poor people like us cramped into tiny rooms the size of a cardboard box, the old goat who has swindled the country of millions SHOULD UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES be given the former Presidential Palace to live! What on earth is the Wathan Edhey Gothah alliance of parties thinking of? If they give the Mulee-Aage to Golhaabo I demand my vote back.

Think of this. It is all well and good that former President's are given some kind of state pension and state protection. But with thousands of families facing housing problems, why should he take priority over us? My neighbour Mohamed Fulhube has been living with his 5 children and their spouses and their children in a cramped tiny two bedroomed house for the last 8 years. Even to breathe fresh air they need to go outside on the road. I believe he deserves to live in Mulee-Aage much more than Golhaabo and his wailing family. For god's sake, they have their own home Kinbigasdhoshuge! Why not go and live there? Madame Nattu has Endherimaage to live. Why not go there?

I for one would protest in front of Hilaaleege or wherever our President-elect Mohamed Nasheed Anni is residing if they indeed decide to give Mulee-Aage to golhaabo and I am sure I will not be alone.

How many of you think that the homeless poor people in Male deserves to live in Mulee-Aaage then Golhaabo and his family who have their own house Kinbigasdhoshuge? Lemme know.

and let me say this to His Excellency Anni "Sir, we know you are a generous person but THIS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE! THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE MORE DESERVING TO LIVE IN MULEE-AAGE THAN GOLHAABO! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN YOU LET HIM GO AND LIVE THERE! NO WAY MATE, NO WAY!"

the Dictator, MDP, the British and Christianity

2008-10-12T09:22:00.001-07:00

Ooooh! I am bloody scared! MDP will bring Christianity to the Maldives! I shall have my work cut out as the devil.

our Beloved Pharoah for Life Golhaabo is desperately throwing everything at his opponent now that the push has come to shove. But what he throws can be equally thrown back. Our Beloved God and Leader for Life, Golhaabo claims that the MDP is going to make the Maldives into a British colony and we will all be converted into Christianity. And the proof of it?

Anni studied in the UK! So therefore he must be Christian, right? WTF! that old demented, dim-witted fart is becoming unfunnier by the second.

I just dug a little and see what I found.

- Golhaabo's four children Farish, Dunya, Yumna and Ghassan studied in the UK - Dunya and Yumna studied at St.George School and then Yumna studied in Oxford. Dunya went to CHRIST'S COLLEGE in Cambridge named after Jesus Christ . It says on their website "Christ's College was first established as God's-house in 1437 by William Byngham, a London parish priest" so the College is actually established to spread Christianity. And Golhaabo's Dunya studied there and was known to sing in the church choir.

Christ College chapel choir in procession

Farish Maumoon studied at Eton College, London. It says on the college website "Eton is a religious foundation and religion continues to play a central role in the life of the community"

"Boys of the Jewish, Islamic and and other faiths are excused Sunday Chapel if their parents wish, but are expected to take part in School services on weekdays . " and it goes on to say "Services in both Chapels follow the practice of the Church of England."

So Farish Maumoon must have participated in the School Services by Church of England!

Eton College Church

- Golhaabo is the only one who has imported a Cross into the Maldives. The Grand Cross of St.Michael and St.George. No one has imported a Cross into the Maldives.

OTHER PROMINENT GOLHAA FAMILY AND DRP CRONIES WHO STUDIED IN THE UK

- Nattu's three nieces Zuha, Nuha, and Aminath Ulaa (fareesha and summeray's kids) studied in the Uk. Nuha is married to a British guy and their eldest child is called Jude.

- Golhaabo's nephews Shaheen Hameed, Yassin Hameed, and niece Hala Hameed studied in UK. Shaffa Hameed is studying in UK right now.

- Boh Mundhood also studied in the UK.

- Thasmeen studied in University of Warwick, UK.

- it was golhaabo who got help from Hill & Knowlton of the UK

- it was golhaabo's personal photographer Hassan Najmy who was the head of the Maldivian church

- It was golhaabo's Executive Director at the Presidential Palace, Adam Naeem, whose clinic AMDC (Association of Maldivian Devotees to Christ) was the centre of the missionary work in the Maldives in the nineties.

So who was it who has more connection with the UK and Christianity?

DON'T VOTE FOR ANNI, the PERSON! VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY

2008-10-10T12:03:00.000-07:00

DON’T VOTE FOR ANNI, THE PERSON- VOTE FOR A DEMOCRATIC MALDIVES

Many people are in a dilemma as who to vote for because they are caught between a rock and a hard stone. Many who supported Dr.Hassan Saeed or Qasim are at their wits end as to what to do now. Some people say Maumoon is better than Anni. Some say Anni is a mini-Maumoon. Is it the case of the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t? (and I am not talking about me hehe).

Let’s look at some hard facts:

1 Which of these has murdered our own people?

2. Which of these has turned a blind eye to his own citizens being tortured in jail?

3. Which of these has given more top jobs to his family and relatives? Maumoon in his cabinet? Or Anni in the MDP?

4. Which of these has misused state-funds for his own use living a lavish lifestyle where as people like you and I are living in cramped conditions? Do we know of any accusations against Anni misusing MDP funds to live a better lifestyle?

A lot of my friends who voted for Dr.Hassan Saeed are worried about voting for Anni because they are caught in DRP’s hard-sell that Anni is a mini-version of Maumoon. Ok. For argument's sake let us accept that it is true. My question is would you rather vote for a mini-version of Maumoon or would you rather vote for the Mega-version of Maumoon, which to me is a thousand times worse?

Finally, the issue is that we Maldivians are still living in closed dictatorial mind-set where we think that if we vote for Anni he will be able to get away with what our beloved leader for Foreverness Maumoon had done for the last 30 years.

My friends, THAT is where you are wrong. We are not voting for Anni. We are voting for democracy. If Anni is not up to scratch, if Anni does not deliver, if Anni fails on his promises, then we the people have a better chance to remove him from power in a vote of no-confidence rather than Golhaabo. It is us the people who are getting power, not Anni.

That small man of an Anni cannot do ANYTHING without OUR support. We can just as unmake him the way we make him. But if we vote for democracy, then it is here for good. Then we are FREE!

DON’T VOTE FOR ANNI, the Person! VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY! VOTE FOR FREEDOM! VOTE MDP!

Hassan Saeed for President? No thanks and why

2008-10-03T02:20:00.000-07:00

Ask yourself - DO YOU BELIEVE IN MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY?

If your answer is YES then why on earth would you vote for a person who do not believe in multi-party democracy? I am not buying Dr. Hassan Saeed's claim that he believes in multi-party democracy. If he did, then why the fucking hell didnt he either form a political party or join an existing one?

The claim that he can form a party anytime if he wants to is just simply ludicrous. We are not interested in someone at the top job forming another DRP and getting all the government top level people to join up. This to me looks more like a dictatorship than democracy. And trust me, I should know about dictatorships. I am the Devil.

As for a national government of unity - I am not buying it either. If Dr.H.S and co. could not agree during the National Unity Alliance how the hell can they form a national government of unity? It would be more like "yeah we are a national government of unity' but only people who agree with me shall join it". Bloody hell.

Besides, their democratic credentials worries me. Dr.Shaheed maybe loyal to his boss to a fault but his democratic credentials are marred by him calling his the then boss Our Beloved President and Leader for Eternity, Golhaabo, THE FATHER OF DEMOCRACY!. Nah. Not good enough. Makes me want to puke. Besides, I have a deep stomach churning, gut wrenching, tail spinning feeling that it was Shaheed who was instrumental in keeping Golhaa the Boa in his job the last few years by selling him like hot boakiba to the international community and I am yet to forgive him for that.

But Shaheed is the lesser of the two evils. I find Dr.Hasaan a bit on the sly side. I feel that he realized that it was Dr. Sahhaaf Shaheed who "sold" our Beloved Idiot for Life, Golhaabo, to the world and help him save his Presidency by getting the British government to intervene which resulted in the Westminister House Agreement (read keep the MDP off the street and let Golhaabo sleep in peace. Otherwise he would have got a heart attack and be dead). And I think therefore Hassan decided that he would get Shaheed to koppaa him around so that he would be seen as potential president.

I can't believe that Universal Enterprise and the Supremo of the whole Koli Clan, Koli Ali Maniku would know Dr.Hassan Saeed from Adam even if crashed into him and fell down like Humpty Dumpty. I refuse to believe that Maldivian stalwarts like Solah Shihab and Mujuthaba would have ever sat down at the same table with Dr. Hassan Saeed, if not for the salesmanship of Sahaaf Shaheed.

But how many times have you heard Dr.Hassan Saeed praise his running mate apart from the night his RM was announced? I have heard several times Anni sing the praise of Dr. Fili Waheed. I have even heard Qasim the Burumaa applaud his educated younger running mate. I have even heard our beloved Moron for Life, Golhaabo compliment Thasmeen.

But I am yet to hear Dr.Hassan Saeed give credit where credit is due - that HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF DR. AHMED SHAHEED AL-SAHHAAF and THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE BACKING HIM WILL NOT BACK HIM IF NOT FOR THE SLAVING SHAHEED. And where was the voice of Dr.Hassan Saeed when his sidekick Running Boy Shaheed faced a parliamentary no-confidence motion?

That worries me. That really bloody worries me. Someone who is not even loyal to his faithful side-kick, someone who does not believe in multi-party democracy, what kind of President would he make? A bloody scary one!

My cousin Thodey told me, despite all this I should vote for Hassan Saeed. Why? "Because you are an Addu lhai", came the answer.

No! no! no! for the zillionth time NO! this is not about choosing the President of the United Suvadiv Republic. This is about choosing the President of the whole of Dhiveh Raajje. And just because I am an "addu lhai" I am not going to vote for an adduan who to me is a sly, crafty, duplicitous sod who arrested fellow Adduans when it suited him and who would not lift a finger to help wipe the tears of fellow Addu family of the murdered Hussain Salah.

No Thank you.

To be honest (and that is a big deal for the Devil! hehe), I would rather bloody vote for Dr.Ahmed Shaheed al-sahhaaaf as President any day than Dr.Hassan Saeed. At least what we see is what we get - a wacky loyal man to a fault; blabbering idiotic defender of his boss, gladly willing to lay his pudgy neck and short body on the line for the person he serves.

Now when the Devil runs for President in 2018, I am going to get Shaheed to lug me around. Maybe Koli Ali Maniku (if he is still alive) would be willing to fund my campaign too and Solah Shihab, Mujuthaba and co with their false teeth and zimmer frames would come to talk at my campaign launch.

VOTE FOR CHANGE! VOTE FOR YOUR CHILDREN! VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY!

Click on the video to listen to Sandhaanu Luthfee's address to Adduans
If the video does not work click this link GOMMUH

How do you decide who to vote for? the low-down on the Presidential Candidates

2008-09-23T02:14:00.001-07:00

"I don't know who to vote for" My friend Hassan said gloomily the other day.

So I have decided to make the choice a little easier for him by giving my take on the candidates.

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (DRP)

Positives:-
This was a hard one and the only things I could come up was
- he has 30 years of executive experience
- Educated (albeit Arabic medium)

Negatives:-
- 30 years of dictatorial rule (several dead in custody, torture in jail, corruption, nepotism, you name it!)
- 30 years of family dominance. Now that Yameen has joined up, there is no reason to believe that it would not be another 5 more years of Kaaminee Clan rule
- nearly 15 years of state-sponsored drug lords given free reign in the country
- Encouraged Arabisation of the Maldives (he began the Arabic medium schools which has now lead to the country being run over by Haabees.
- too many negatives to list on one page

MOHAMED NASHEED (ANNI) MDP

Positives

- Educated
- Number one advocate of Democracy in the Maldives both in theory and practice;
- Belongs to the only party that has even a semblance of internal democracy (was elected by a majority of party members)
- A brave and bold soul who is not scared in face of adversity and has stood up to his principles and beliefs against all odds

Negatives
- severe lack of experience at top executive level;
- Still seen by many as too much of an activist
- too many family members involved in MDP makes people worry about Kaminee Clan being replaced by Keneree Clan
- many claim that he is too dictatorial

DR.HASSAN SAEED (NO PARTY)

Positives
- highly educated
- Experienced in top executive level (was AG in Golhaabo's government)
- Has got the resilient and 'unbreakable' Doc Shaheed as his Running Mate.

Negatives
- Very Low on democratic credentials (was instrumental in prosecuting several MDP activists)
- Lack of a political party means that he appears not to believe in multi-party democracy
- Questions about how he will function if elected, given that he does not belong to a party. How will he push his policies through the parliament? Is he waiting to get elected and then form a party in which case, the whole multi-party liberal democracy scenario flies out of the window for another 5 years.

QASIM IBRAHIM (REPUBLICAN)

Positives:
- Experienced in running his Villa Empire so the top job at executive level should not be too difficult for him
- Philanthropist and a generous person to poor people
- Was one of the founding members of MDP and instrumental in getting the constitution revised so democratic credentials somewhat established

Negatives:
- Severe lack of education
- Too closely associated with the Endheri Clan. Many see him as their stooge
- Was a democracy advocate but turned Golhaabo loyalist when it suited him; therefore makes it difficult to believe in what he says. Not very trustworthy.

IBRAHIM ISMAIL (SLP)

Positives
- Educated
- Outspoken critic of Gayyoom and was first President of MDP
- very liberal in his views (first to choose a female running mate)

Negatives
- seen to be dictatorial in his approach while President of MDP
- Party still needs to establish their democratic credentials (Ibra was not selected
to be the Party Candidate by a vote of all the members)
- somehow lacking in popular support

UMAR NASEER IDP

Positives:
- not scared to speak his mind

Negatives
- lack of education
- history of a violent past while in the NSS
- totally cuckoo policies relating to drugs and other issues

The above is just a brief take on all the candidates. Ultimately I believe it comes down to a choice of two candidates:- ANNIi and Dr.Hassan. The problem with Dr. Hassan for me is that he does not belong to a political party. I cannot foresee myself voting for someone who does not believe in party politics in our first multiparty elections. That for me is a big No-No. Together with his actions while AG, his democratic credentials are severely lacking. Perhaps if he can prove it in the next 5 years then he maybe a worthy future candidate.

The rest of the candidates have done nothing or could do nothing to negate their weaknesses apart from Qasim Ibrahim who has choosen an educated person as his Running Mate. However, his other negatives (too closely connected to Endheri Clan) makes him unelectable for me.

That leaves me with no choice but to vote for Anni by default - for the simple reason that he has managed to negate his biggest weakness in lack of experience in the top level by electing the highly experienced Dr.Waheed as his Running Mate. Although Dr. Waheed has had a tendency to run away in the past if unsuccessful (and there is no reason to believe he wont dump Anni if they do not get elected), he may stay and help run the government as an administrator if they are indeed elected.

Hassan, there is my take on the candidates. You can choose to vote for my choice which is Anni or you can vote for anyone you wish.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

Hulhumale Bridge -the cost of foreign investment

2008-09-10T05:36:00.000-07:00

When our Beloved Leader and President for Life, His Mightiness, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, announced that in the next five years he is going to build a big bridge between Hulhumale' and Male' and it will not cost us anything (Dhivehin nakah buradhan ufulaa kah nujeheyne) as it would be build using foreign investment, my Kaafa thought that means ...hey! We are getting a bridge for FREE!! And perfect reason to re-elect our God for another five more years. Yippee!

WTF! Nothing can be further from the truth. No company is going to invest in building a bridge for free out of the goodness of their heart. They would expect to make a decent PROFIT from the bridge. How? By charging the people who use it. And how much would we have to pay? I can bet on His Mightiness's Pimply derrière that it would cost nothing less than US $ 100 million! So how much would us, the poor people who want to use the bridge, have to pay every time we want to use it? And I bet it would cost a hundred times more than what we pay now for the ferry.

Moreoever, the foreign investment comes with its RISKS. For example, the investor does not have to be "completely obedient to the economic policies of the country where they have invested the money. At times there have been adverse effects of foreign direct investment on the balance of payments of a country."

What drives me livid, irate and choleric is that His Foreverness Maumoon has made it sound as if it would be no burden on us. I give you, he can lie through his teeth without a blink of those slimy eyes. What a load of tosh! The burden would have to be born by us people of Male'/Hulhumale.

Don't get me wrong. I am not against a bridge between Hulhumale' and Male'. As someone who would be moving to Hulhumale' soon I would be happy to travel via a bridge rather than a choppy sea any day. And if I can afford it, I would gladly pay for the toll.

My bone of contention with Our one and only Leader for Life is HE LIED saying that people will not have to pay for it. Whether it is build by foreign investment or from our own budget, we will still have to pay for it.

The people of Maldives will still have to pay for the bridge. CAPISCE?

Gayoom disowns Dunya as daughter - so will the real daddy please stand up!

2008-09-06T04:07:00.000-07:00

I was shocked blue last night and could not believe my ears when I heard our beloved President, God and Leader for Forever Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom last night declare on Dhifm that he has no family members in the top strata of the government. That means that Dunya Maumoon, the loabi loabi Deputy MInister of Foreign Affairs is not his daughter (and subsequently Yumna by the virtue of the fact that she is Dunya's twin)

This confession that Dunya (and Yumna) are not his daughters is not surprising, says one of his ex-cronies. It is alleged that Madame She-Lady was pregnant when His Foreverness married her. So short of undergoing a paternity test to establish the fatherhood of the twins, one could only speculate as to the possible and probable daddy that they might have of which there are two serious contendors.

First and number one on the list is Zahir Hussain. Zahir Hussain was the one that Nasreena Madam She-Lady married when our Beloved Leader for Life divorced her in a triple divorce (thin fah vari). So it is possible that she married him of all people because she has already been with him in the past. Maybe he is the real father of the twins.

Second on the list is Fathulla Jameel. Fathey was apparently Nasreena's first love. When he dumped her she was heart-broken and apparently refused to eat for several days (Un-break my heart Say you'll love me again Undo this hurt you caused.._

Über-mysterious eh?

So WILL THE REAL DADDY PLEASE STAND UP..

SHOULD THE MDP JOIN THE QASIM COALITION?

2008-08-25T02:10:00.000-07:00

Dhivehi Observer reported that, "Male’ - 12:30 - Adhaalath Party and Maldives National Congress have formally endorsed Qasim Ibrahim’s presidential bid".

What the DO did not raise is the issue whether the MDP would join in?

And why not? The MDP was formed to bring reform to the Maldives; in effect, to try and establish a proper multi-party democracy where each of us would be guaranteed our fundamental rights as human beings, not just in name but in practice as well. So far so good.

But then why should the MDP join the Republican Party's bid to bring Qasim to power when they are fielding their own candidate? Surely this is against their party ethos to support another candidate's bid? And what guarantee is there that backing Qasim would bring democracy to the Maldives?

IF YOU ACCEPT THAT MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM IS THE BIGGEST ROADBLOCK TO DEMOCRACY....

the answer lies herein...

1. The whole foundation of the MDP was laid to bring democracy to the Maldives. Our Beloved Leader and President for Life, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is the biggest hindrance to reach this goal of establishing a democratic Maldives. People joined MDP not to bring Kenereege Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) to power. They joined because they wanted democracy established in the Maldives. Therefore Anni and the MDP owe it to its members to choose the best path to get rid of our Leader for Life. At this moment in time by joining the Qasim coalition appears to be the quickest path to get rid of Our Beloved Leader and President for Life.

2. Anni was given the mandate to run for Presidency because someone had to challenge our Beloved Leader and President for Life. People did not back Anni because they wanted him to be the President of the Maldives per se. They backed him because he was seen the most likely challenger to oust Gayoom at the time. People hoped that by backing Anni they could go for a single candidate from the National Unity Alliance (Itthihad)

3. Anni was willing to be Dr. Hassan Saeed's running mate. He said so himself. The reason he was willing to be someone's running mate appears to be because Anni himself beleived that at the time Dr. Hassan Saeed/Anni ticket would be the most sellable to the public. If there is a better option (ie Qasim/Anni ticket) then he owes it to the people of Maldives who he has been promising to bring democracy to, to follow the best option to achieve this task.

The MDP must not lose focus of their principal objective. That is to get rid of our Dear Leader for Life Maumoon. Without getting rid of him there cannot be a democratic Maldives. So even if it is backing Qasim or backing me, the Devil, the MDP owes it to the people to walk the best path to getting rid of our Leader for Life and God, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

If they fail to follow this and Gayoom wins the next election and democracy is waylaid for another five years, then it would be betraying the thousands of people who joined them.

Like my Kaafa said, "I did not join the MDP to bring any particular person to power. I joined the MDP in the hope of getting rid of golhaabo and hoping the Maldives would be free from this "fureytha" (His words, not mine! hehehe)
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IF YOU BELIEVE THAT MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM IS THE FATHER OF DEMOCRACY, THEN YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT I AM HIS SON AND YOU ARE READING THE WRONG BLOG. kekeke

DRP admits that its MPs are corrupt

2008-08-13T04:17:00.000-07:00

Baaaa! Baaaa! Baaaa!

The fiasco relating to the election of the new Speaker to the Majlis is Über-fascinating. First the fact that Sun Travel Siyam was deemed ineligible to vote because he had not sent in his resignation from his position in the MTDC; and following from that the decision to re-take the vote. While the results of the voting are captivating, what is even more stupendous is how the self-proclaimed ruling-party the DRP reacted to the news.

The maths is easy even for a primary school kid. When Mohamed Shihab was elected the Speaker of the Majlis, he got 25 votes as opposed to Seena Zahir’s 22. Since the DRP has 28 members in the Majlis and assuming the two absentees would have voted for Seena Zahir, he is still missing FOUR DRP votes. And if we go with the hypothesis that the DRP is right about claming that the Republican Party bribed the MPs, then that means the DRP admits that its own members are corrupt and are willing to solicit bribes. Bloody Hell. That’s a first!

Indeed, this certainly is a turning point in the ‘transparency’ of politics in the Maldives – the so-called ruling party willing to accept that its ranks are rife with corrupt politicians. Hehe. Nothing new that the rest of the Maldives did not know. This has been the modus operandi of our beloved leader for 30 years. Moreover, we always knew that if someone is willing to indulge in bribes from one side in the form of lucrative tourism deals and a ministership or the likes of a top-level government job, then they would be equally willing change side if a better deal is offered. When our Beloved God and President for Life bribed those parliamentarians who joined the DRP with lucrative offers, he should have realised that when our forefathers talked about the “goat who jumped over one fence will jump over the other” (eh fulhah mathin funmaali bakari aneh fulhah mathin ves funmaa laaney), it was not without substance. But then maybe our beloved President for Life did not believe it because it is not an Arab saying from the corridors of Egypt and is just an ordinary Dhivehi saying from the fisher-folk of the Maldives.

The question is what really happened? IF the DRP parliamentarians voted for Shihab against their party whip because they truly believed that he is the better man for the job than an unelected MP, then well done to them. But IF the DRP is right in their claim, this does not bode well for democracy because it means that our parliamentarians are soliciting bribes, whether to support their networks of patronage or just to reward themselves. What is even worse is that our potential leaders of tomorrow (Republican Party or whoever did it) are willing to bribe to get their way to get what they want (in effect, the same policy as Our Beloved Leader for Life, Golhaabo.) So despite a revised constitution, we have not moved foreword an inch.

It maybe "Veritas nunquam perit" (truth never dies) but it may never be known. But for the sake of democracy and for the sake of a better future for my (future) kids, I hope it’s the case of the honest parliamentarian than a corrupt one.

And meanwhile, the DRP goat bleats on…Baaa! Baaa! Baaa!

Cras credemus, hodie nihil!

In defence of our beloved President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

2008-08-03T04:36:00.000-07:00

"Three cabinet ministers have rallied to the prime minister's defence, insisting he is the right man for the job.
Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman and John Denham have declared their support for the beleaguered Gordon Brown.
Skills secretary Mr Denham told BBC One Mr Brown had a "profound understanding of what this country needs"." so reports the BBC.

When cabinet ministers in the UK can rally to Brown's defence, how come in our country only people like Reeko Ibrahim Manik (the Jinni Summoner), Mavota Sareef and Kuvaa Sahhaafu Shafiu rally to the defence of our beloved President for Life, Golhaabo? Where are all the cabinet Ministers to go and defend their God and outline the various fake promises for the next five years? Where? Where Where? OK Azima the correspondence course LLB Half-Attorney General does it some times I know..and so does Kutti Nasheed the Minister of Misinformation but one cannot seriously count them in as stalwarts of the cabinets.

I know a few MInisters have resigned from the cabinet. But at the last count we have 19 cabinet Ministers. Among these the most senior are (I know I know..there are still a senile group of SENIOR MINISTERS-leave them for a while)

1 Ismail Shafeeu, Minister of Defence and National Security

2 Mr. Ahmed Abdullah Minister of Environment, Energy and Water

3. Mr. Ilyas Ibrahim Minister of Health

4. Mr. Hamdun Hameed, Minister of Planning and National Development

Now why cant they, why wont they go and defend our beloved President for Life and God, Golhaa the Boa? Instead of him having to resort to dirty tactics like the now infamous List of Liars (I know Dirty is his middle name - leave that aside) they can go and glorify our God and make empty promises for the next five years? Why are they relying on imbeciles like Reeko Ibrahim Maniku and Mavota Stupid Sareef? Even Thasmeen the so-called Running Mate-to-be is not willing to go and praise the Lord? Even when our Beloved Leader for LIfe gave the interview to the journos it was the three "Hussari Bai" ladies of the cabinet who were with him.

My Kaafa tells me that it is because even they realize that the President is doomed. No one is willing to stand up and defend him in public because he is indefensible. I hope my Kaafa is wrong because what will we do without our God? Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

When I was a kid in school, we had a duty rota for the class to oversee that the other kids kept the class tidy before they left it. I suggest that our beloved President for Life keeps a duty rota and get these Ministers to move their arses to go and defend him starting from Ismail Shafeeu. IF he refuses, sack him and make Reeko Ibrahim Maniku, the Jinni Summoner, the Defence Minister. Some Jinni's in the MNDF is not a bad idea, What d'ya say?

Reeko Ibrahim Maniku, the Jinni Summoner

A Jinni

Ismail Shafeeu swearing eternal love to our President for Life

LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS.

GOLHAABO & LONG LOST RELATIVES - Are you related to Golhaabo?

2008-08-02T04:33:00.000-07:00

“You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes”
– The Eagles-
Are you related to Golhaabo our Beloved President for Life?

I am devastated that I am not. I am only related to Brad Pitt. If you trace my family history at some point in the past, we would have shared the same ancestors. The most convincing evidence of my family connection is that everyone says that I look so much like my beybe Brad Pitt. In fact, they say we could even be twins hehe.

Now that we are in the climate of finding long lost relatives suddenly, I thought I should also let the whole world know about my brother Brad. I mean I have not told anyone about it for the last 26 years but then why should I be coy about it now? Golhaa the Gayoom has suddenly claimed that Mariya Didi is his relative and I believe Golhaa is not lying (NO! our God does not lie).

Apparently Golhaabo has brought out a book on his family tree (Leggi Baburu Aailaa) and would you believe it SELLING IT for Rf 150. It is published by the National Library and is available in all major books shops in Male’. Walk into any of the bookshops (or the National Libary) and ask for "Leggi Baburu Aailaa - Mathifushuge Mauloomaath" and they will show it to you.

Could you believe it? The bastard is even charging us for letting us know who is related to him and who is not in the hope of getting some more votes. And there is no way we can verify whether it is true. We will have to take his word for it (or the word of 'Long Muneera' who wrote it). And the money from the sale of his book is going to be used to buy the votes of those relatives who are not satisfied with just a mention of their names in the book. And mind you, that is only his father’s side of the family. Wait till his mother's side of the family is published. And then of course there is the Endheri Family History to come out as well.

And all this is done with state money. Bloody hell. I demand that my family tree is also published by the National Library. I am sure more people will buy the Pitt family tree than Leggi Baburu Aailaa.

In any case, I think by the time the Presidential Elections come we will all be related to Golhaabo.

To those of you who are not on Golhaabo’s family tree book do not despair. You could still find your names in the Bangaalhee Family Tree book KEKEKEKE

GOLHAABO OUR GOD DOES NOT LIE

Curried politics - The chicken or the egg debate of Maldivian Presidential Elections

2008-07-29T02:02:00.000-07:00

It’s been a while but I have to put in my two cents-bit into the Qasim for President debate especially the argument that he is the best person to get rid of golhabo. Having read the DO editorial on Qasim Iburahim and the heated comments it had raised, I have come to the conclusion that all this boils down to the chicken or the egg situation. That is to say, Do we get rid of golhabo first or do we find a decent leader to run this country? Which one should come first?

The debate on whether the chicken or the egg came first has baffled philosophers, scientists, theologians and barmy students like moi for centuries. Compared to this, the question of whether golhabo should be got rid of first and then finding a decent leader would follow later or whether we should find a decent leader first and in the process golhabo would be got rid of, has baffled the Maldives from the various holhu ashi of the islands to the tea-shops of Male’. After an achingly extensive brain-storming session with my barmy mates, I have come to the conclusion that it all ultimately boils down to whether the chicken came first or the egg.

Assuming that ‘getting rid of golhabo’ is the Chicken and ‘finding a decent leader’ is the Egg, for the simple reason that golhabo looks more like a kukulhu than Anni, Ibra, Qasim or any of the other candidates, let’s have a look at what is already said on the topic. (For those of you with differing opinions on who look more like a kukulhu, please leave a comment to that effect).

1.According to some the egg came first, because other animals had been laying eggs long before chickens existed, such as the dinosaurs- therefore, we need to find a decent leader first before we think of getting rid of golhabo.

2. According to others the chicken came first because had the egg come first, there would have been no chicken to sit on it and keep it warm – therefore we need to get rid of golhabo first before we can think of a decent leader.

As this does not resolve the issue, we need to resort to a different way of solving this.

What are the criteria needed to be a decent leader and who ticks most of the boxes? Qasim, Anni, Ibra, Hassan, Umar Naseer?

Or what are the criteria needed to get rid of golhabo and who ticks most of the boxes?

If we can come up with the same name in both questions then we have resolved the issue of the chicken and the egg. They are one and the same.

If we do not come up with the same name in both questions we are back to square one (or back to the kukulhu koshi so as to speak).

In such an instance I would suggest resorting to a simpler personal solution. Which do you like most? Chicken curry or egg-curry? If it’s the chicken-curry then vote for Qasim. If its egg-curry vote for Anni or Hassan or Ibra or Umar Naseer or whoever is brave enough (or stupid enough) to run against Golhabo.

Either way let’s go and vote and get rid of this bastard golhabo.

Curried golhabo for dinner tonight?

medical negligence in IGMH? No way or way

2008-02-07T07:08:00.000-08:00

Now the latest topic that is circulating is the sad death of a baby in IGMH and a second case of a very ill baby - both allegedly due to medical negligence.

I don't want to go into the details of each case as its covered elsewhere, SeeMALDIVES MEDICAL WATCH . but hey its ME, the DEVIL, so I have to put in my two laari bit. As every story is supposed to have two sides to it. So let's look at SIDE 1.

"Doctors are human and everyone makes occasional errors, especially when under immense pressure. Of course, gross negligence is indefensible, but illness is never totally as it appears in medical textbooks. Important things may be hidden or happen unexpectedly."

True enough. Doctors are human and human beings can commit errors. This goes for the doctors in IGMH too.

Side 2. What is medical negligence? "Where the injury or death was caused or contributed to by the breach of a duty of care committed in the course of the provision of clinical or medical services". But is there any case in the history of IGMH that they have accepted that the death occurred because of medical negligence? No I doubt it.

So since as far as I know (and correct me if I am wrong) no one has not only successfully brought a case of medical negligence against IGMH, no one in IGMH has ever accepted culpability. So this means one of two things -

1. As doctors are humans there must be occasional errors in IGMH. But since there has never been any acceptance of medical negligence in any case in IGMH, such cases must be well-hidden and covered up by the IGMH. This is fucking unacceptable.

2. No errors are ever committed in IGMH because none of the doctors there are human

I will leave it up to you to decide which is which.

As for me, I must say I have come across certain doctors in IGMH who I would not hesitate to put under point 2. Not all of them of course, but some definitely. Kekeke...

Holiday Inn Saga - family shit after all

2008-02-05T03:35:00.001-08:00

It is family shit after all

Ameeneege Court Case

According to the court hearing yesterday this is a family feud involving MDP Shadow Defence Minister Amin Faisal and his sister Dr.Farahanaz Faisal. Kasauti all the way. kekeke

In the mean time poor people like us continue to have our houses damaged by construction work next door and no one bloody cares. Not only that, we do not have the money to hire dreamteam lawyers and take these people to court in order to get compensation.

What really makes my nostril flare and my head go in an improbable spin in the wrong direction is that no political party seems to care about what happens to the man on the street. No media is interested in your average Joe Bloggs (or Hassanu or Hawwa or whatever in maldivian terms).

Its all celebrity news always. While we have to beg for their mercy even to just breathe in this life. Shit.

New or old constitution, Golhabo is doomed.

2008-01-25T11:06:00.001-08:00

"
Link from Dhivehi Observer

so the poor old bugger has totally lost his head now...that's what multi-infarct dementia (MID) does to you.

Among the symptoms of MID include memory loss followed by trouble making judgments. This often progresses to delirium, hallucinations, and thinking problems.

The above clip is ample evidence of this.

And now here is something for the future. We should have hope that we are getting close to seeing the end of this evil dictator. This is the song that Bill Clinton's campaign team used - to inspire the millions of Americans that the days of the Ronald Reagan and the Republican rule is finally over. I think its time we Maldivians started singing this...

"Dont stop thinking about tomorrow...it will soon be here...yesterday's gone.,yesterday's gone."

Will he? Wont he? Ratify the new constitution.

2008-01-14T15:06:00.001-08:00

Will he? Wont he? Ratify the new constitution.

Me thinks not. My brother is convinced that this is the end of His Mightiness Golhabo Gayoom the one and only. He is kicked to bits and between you and I, it is as if he will be the next occupant of Theemuge.

But getting back to the topic, I think we are being naive here to think that someone who has clung on to this power as if it is his birthright for 30 odd years is going to just coolly pick his gold embossed Mont Blanc pen and sign on the dotted line, signing away his chance of another 5 if possible 10 years in office? Nah! I think it is pretty naive to think that he will. He will fight tooth and nail to cling on to his power. He will throw all of us in Dhoonidhoo if he has to. He will stay in his Presidential Palace even if the whole world is against him.

But still the amendment to the constitution limiting the terms that anyone can be President to just two is indeed good news for all of us. But to think that, that could still lead our beloved Golhabo to stay in office for another 10 years is just plain scary. If he gets his way (and mind you, he would try his level best) then we are talking of having golhabo until 2018! Bloody hell! I would probably be married with two point four children and possibly going bald by then.

No way! We need to find a way to get rid of him. No, I dont mean to try and stab him. I certainly dont want to make a matyr out of him and make a ziyaaraiy. I mean we need to ensure that this bastard is not allowed to run for office ever again. Hmm, I need to put on my thinking cap for this. Any tips anyone?

But for now, I am celebrating that at least in 2018 it maybe me running for the post. Now THAT is a nice thought.

Holiday Inn at Athireege - Hypocrites or what?

2008-01-09T12:02:00.000-08:00

All we here these days is that there is environmental damage due to deep piling at Athireege where the 15 storey Holiday Inn is at its early stage of construction. It's on TV Maldives, its on the radio, its on all the print media, its on the internet. Bloody hell! You cannot get away from it.

So what the hell is happening? Is there substantial structural damage or has this fiasco got a more sinister plot? The Environment Ministry's hell sure that there is environmental damage? If so, where is this damage? Damage to nearby buildings, whether structural or superficial, should come under the jurisdiction of the Construction Ministry, me thinks. If there is reef damage due to deep piling, then surely Environment Ministry should be able to show some sort of evidence of this instead of just saying that they do not agree with deep piling. Minister Mauroofu Jameel had said that there is no structural damage to nearby buildings. Perhaps he should have explained what he meant by structural damage and superficial damage. Almost every house in Male' near a construction site has suffered superficial damage to it. Hairline cracks of walls are not uncommon and bursting of water pipes etc is all too familiar in Male' which really is one massive construction site. Shouldn't work be halted in those construction site as well if damage is done to the house next door or does this apply only to the houses of government big shots?

My other question is where is all the media when poor peoples houses are damage? Where is Haveeru and TV Maldives? Where is Bluepeace? Where is the Environment Ministry? I have never seen a poor person being interviewed by the TV, radio or print media about damage (superficial or structural) to their property due to construction being carried by a neighbour. But now that it is the house of the Chief of Protocol, the whole media is having a field day. What fucking hypocrites!

I have also heard several versions of this sorry tale. That Sato has bought all the civil engineers of Maldives so that is why they have been silent about this issue. The other side of the story is the Chief's house has got all their windows onto the eastern side and therefore they do not want this building to go up so that is why his pal Salley of Environment Ministry is creating all the fuss. Check the photo on top. I don't particularly care which version is true or not. I am just fucking mad that we poor people get a raw deal from this government and this self-righteous media of ours while government top officials have the media licking their arses.

Construction Site

Can you solve these puzzles?

2007-11-27T03:26:00.001-08:00

Got into some lateral thinking...can you solve these?

1/ A traveller set out on a journey and stopped only when he returned to the starting point. During that journey, his head travelled 36 feet further than his feet, yet his feet remained attached to his body. What is the explanation for this?

2/ Ahmed and Ibrahim went on a picnic to an uninhabited island. They took a bet as to see who could run faster. Ahmed ran halfway into the island in half an hour. Ibrahim claimed that he had gone two-thirds of the way into the island in the same time, but Ahmed said it was impossible. Why?

3. The maker does not need it, the buyer does not use it, and the user uses it without knowing. What is it?

I will post the solutions later but I am sure you can solve it..hehe

Golhabo prevents Hassan Saeed from running for President

2007-11-24T10:24:00.000-08:00

I heard that our beloved God and leader for Life, Golhabo is going to propose an excellent amendment to our constitution that would in effect put an end to Dr. Hassan Saeed’s Presidential bid. He is going to ensure that no one with a foreign wife can become the President of the Maldives. The excuse that his cronies give is that someone with a Jewish or Christian wife might become the President of Maldives. But I am flabbergasted as to why they did not propose exactly that? I mean surely if that is the case, why not just say so instead of using the word “Foreign”?

No, this is nothing but the most outrageous, vile and despicable act to block Dr. Hassan Saeed from ever running for office. Our beloved gutless leader for life was too chicken to even face Hassan Saeed at an election, even though Golhabo has all the state’s vote rigging machinery at his disposal. Not only that, they are also putting an age bar on it so that anyone below forty would not be able to run for office too - incase Dr. Hassan S might decide to divorce his wife.

All this reminds me of an Aesop’s Fable I used to read as a child.

The Wolf and the Lamb

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

Our beloved God and Leader for Life, His Foreverness Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

Fathin Hameed and the Finger

2007-11-23T01:52:00.000-08:00

So the story about Fathin Hameed giving the finger to a journo is not going to slip through our fingers now that the Information Minister have got his finger in the pie. According to him “Fathin should apologize (if she gave the finger) to a press photographer” Minivan News. However Aneesa Ahmed apparently seems to think that the photo was doctored.

It is easy enough to play around a photo these days. Anyone who knows how to fiddle around Photoshop will not find it difficult to doctor a photograph and make it seems real. However, we should not point our finger at the person who took this photo just because we can play around Photoshop.

Fathin Hameed is the niece of our beloved Leader for Life and one of his unelected appointees. She was definitely in the Special Majlis because of who she is and not because she is someone with her finger on the pulse of the people of Maldives. As far as I have been told by a someone who claims he is a good friend of the family (I doubt about the “good” after hearing this story though hehe) that Fathin was always at odds with her own family even as a child. She had a long and amorous same-sex relationship with a colleague when she was working in the President’s Office and she later ended up with a PhD scholarship to New Zealand which was in reality given to a student from the Atolls. But Fathin managed to get it by giving her address as Reynige, Lh.Naifaru (the address of her mother). Anyway that’s the low down on Fathin Hameed according to this guy.

I am not trying to lay the finger on Fathin Hameed’s personal life. I do not give a toss if Fathin Hameed had a lesbian affair or not. However, as a Maldivian, I am concerned about the actions of our legislature. We cannot let this kind of behaviour slip through our fingers. If Fathin Hameed did indeed raise her finger, then she should be disciplined. The people of Maldives have burned their fingers too many times with the rotten behaviour of our legislature. This cannot continue.

First of all, our media works their fingers to the bone in trying to bring the news to the populace of Maldives. Just because someone is Golhabo’s niece she should not be allowed to get away by abusing our journalists. They need their protection as much as anyone else. Secondly, this type of behaviour is a god-awful example to our young. Perhaps when Fathin Hameed has had her child, she would realize that children are quick to copy adults and this sort of behaviour is just the thing we need to keep away from our children.

We cannot let this die down quietly. We cannot let Aneesa or DRP try and wrap us around their little fingers and forget about it. If they can have their way, they will not lift a finger to get to the bottom of this issue. Finger crossed (oops!), I mean Inshallah, Fathin Hameed will be made to realize that she cannot get away by this kind of abhorrent behaviour in public and should apologize to the press photographer.

AND I SAY NO MORE FINGERS.

if I am a Maldivian Buddhist, soon I would be stateless?

2007-11-20T00:59:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, in the country that I once belonged to, just by a press of a button, I was made stateless.

All right, that's not quite true but før argument's sake, let us claim that I am a not a Muslim - it does not matter whether I am a Buddhist, Christian, atheist or even a devil worshipper. But I was born in the Maldives of Maldivian parents. So the new constitution when it comes into force would make me stateless right?

According to it the new constitution that is being drafted..

(A) The following persons are citizens of the Maldives:

1-Citizens of the Maldives at the commencement of this constitution
2-Children born to a citizen of the Maldives; and
3-Foreigners who, in accordance to the law becomes citizens of the Maldives.

(B) The citizenship of Maldives cannot be taken away from a citizen of Maldives.

(C) Any person who wishes to renounce the citizenship, can do so in accordance with the law.

(D) even if (A) of this article states so, none except a Muslim can become a citizen of Maldives

So how do they find out if a person was a Muslim? What is the proof? By virtue of them having a so-called Muslim name? I have several Lebanese friends who have so-called "Muslim names" but belong to a variety of religious beliefs..Druze, Christian, etc. So that is not a very good option is it? Just because someone is called Hassan or Fathimath does not make him/her a Muslim. Back to the drawing board...Will all Maldivians be given a test to determine if we were Muslims or not? But even that is no proof of Islam because anyone belonging to any other religion can study for it and pass. Hmm, no good at all.

The new constitution will also state that the citizenship cannot be taken away from a citizen of Maldives...so if I convert to Taoism..they cannot take my citizenship yet I am not a Maldivian by virtue of not being Muslim. WOW! What a paradox. It would be like hanging forever in limbo (or in Islamic terms walking forever on the Siraathumagu and not quite getting to heaven or hell?). Or perhaps it would be a bit like being caught in a blackhole..you are neither inside it nor outside it. Hmm, exciting.

Why is everyone so scared to admit it? Why are all of us in denial? Why do we need to live in a permanent delusionary state and claim that Maldives is 100% Muslim? Wake up you fools. Maldives is not even close to being a 100% Muslim country. We have amidst us people who follow all sorts of faiths as well as plenty of atheists. There is no way you can force them to believe in something that they don't want to. If you are Muslim and truly believe in Allah, would someone else be able to convince you to change your mind and worship the devil? Nah! They wouldnt. The same way if someone truly followed Buddha or Jesus or Bill Gates...they are not going to change their minds either. So just because your next door neighbour worships the Devil, does it make you less of a Muslim? Does it make you doubt your religion? If you could truly answer that question by saying "NO, it does not", then why are you so fearful of admitting that there are Maldivians who follow other religions?

As a Muslim I can truly claim that in an ideal world, I would love if all of us were Muslims and go to heaven. But then Allah SWT did not create an ideal world according to my vision....He created a hell and he also created other religions..and he also created people who do not believe there is a god. So why are we trying to do one better than him and try to create a Maldives where other religions do not exist?

There is only one answer to all these questions.. Golhabo definitely believes he IS God.

Oh and one more thing, all those of you who have always wanted to get out of Maldives and wanted live in freedom and cannot do so, now is the time to apply for asylum on the basis that you cannot practice your religion. It does not matter even if you are a Muslim. This is your chance to get out of Maldives. Claim that you are a Buddhist, Hindu, anything....apply for asylum in a country which respects freedom of religions. If you do get lucky, remember, Islam is supposed to be a religion of tolerance. Respect the rights of others to practice their faiths and do not try and impose your own beliefs on others. TOLERANCE is the key word here. Got it? If you cant, then just go back and worship Golhabo.

Himendhoo, Al-qaeda and all that jazz

2007-11-19T09:52:00.000-08:00

So the Himendhoo extremists are connected to the Al Qaeda, according to a story on the Minivan News website. Now the whole government goes into panic mode and take it out on all the people who have either got beards or women wearing the burugaa. Shave them, de-veil them..get them to party and drink champagne. And then we can claim that we are a 100% Muslim country and blame the democracy movement of trying to spread Christianity in the MAldives. Perfect. What do you say?

Oh and one more thing. Since we do not want to antagonize the Arabs who are obviously funding the spread of extremism, we can always blame this latest video release on David Hardingham and the Friends of Maldives. Afterall, our beloved President for Life did not have any hesitation in blaming him for the Sultan Park bomb. So surely he must be the one who is behind all this. I think he even visited Himendhoo wearing a "bodu burugaa" and secretly filmed the video. Sounds plausible aye?

Attitudes and beliefs are the hardest things to shake in a human being and there is no way any government or leader can change the beliefs of people by creating ludicrous stories or taking draconian measures such as telling a population on how they should or should not dress. But then trust our President for Life to get it wrong...instead of trying to gently encourage and teach the people the path to moderate Islam, he goes and blames the bomb on a British rights activist and shave the beards off the men of Himendhoo.

definitely a case of.....aegrescit medendo!

and so the story goes...

2007-11-16T12:03:00.000-08:00

So I am still alive, Golhabo is still the President, the Maldives is rotting under the sun, and the whole world is full of shit.....nothing changes eh? Yeah, I am still around and believe it or not, life has not changed an iota except I am back with more books and more trips to the library and more meetings with a bald headed half-drunk old geezer for a supervisor...interesting life!

Of course the obvious, ultimate and that one in a billion dollar question that everyone's been asking me..Why have I not updated my blog? As if they care? As if they had been having sleepless nights and losing the hair on their head because they have been tossing and turning on their pillows unable to get Wynken, Blynken and Nod to visit them because they have not read my blog... What a load of merde!

And still our beloved God, Golhabo (or in DO terms, Pharoah Golhabo I) still reigns supreme in his pharoahdom...while the opposition shivers and shrivels into an unbelievable heap on the ground, soon to disappear for good. Or yeah, lest I forget, the Three Musketeers keep battling on....and next year is election year? Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me? Yeah, the next year IS election year and our beloved god would be re-elected for life

...and so the story goes..

Carpe Diem! ..

to hell with it

2007-05-15T03:33:00.000-07:00

fucking exams...

Buddha in the Maldives

2007-03-18T11:38:00.000-07:00

If you are rich enough, you can flaunt any laws of the Maldives. Proven without a shadow of doubt by the enormous Buddha that Philip Green had requested for his birthday party.

But if you are a poor Hindu, you are not allowed to bring even a minute statue of Ram, Shiva or any other Hindu god for your own religious practice. No way. It will be confiscated and thrown into the sea.

And woe behold, if you are a Christian who dare to have a cross or a crucifix in your suitcase. Not only will it be confiscated by the customs but you will immediately be deported for being a Christian Missionary trying to convert us poor Maldivians. And if you had the misfortune of mentioning any of your local friends' names then they too will be thrown into Dhoonidhoo prison for being converts.

So there you have it. Golhaabo and his corrupt regime have shown to us Maldivians that if you are rich enough, he is quite happy to accommodate your every wish and desire, break any laws for you, as long as you throw him a few coins on your way out.

I have a Jewish classmate who is a fairly rich kid. Hmm, how much does he have to offer Golhaabo if he wants to bring his yarmulke with him?

Internet Repression ( irrepresible.info )

2007-03-17T02:57:00.000-07:00

The birth of the internet was cutting edge technology for many of us; it gave us a new platform to share our thoughts, views and in some cases, our most personal feelings that has been suppressed within us, sometimes by ourselves and sometimes by others. In this sense, the internet has become a platform for those who are seeking to establish their right to existence, expression, etc in this world. But sadly, autocratic regimes, like in the Maldives, have chosen to block our access to those websites that exposes the repressive regimes and our calls for freedom.

Irrepressible.info is an Amnesty International campaign, (with the support of The Observer UK newspaper), to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress.

In the Maldives, President Gayoom (in power for the last 28 years) had managed to silence any voice of dissent quite successfully until the birth of the internet which gave people a new way of showing the abuse that they have suffered at his hands. The pioneering e-magazine Sandhaanu was the first of its kind that was able to highlight the brutal practices of this regime. Others soon followed such as the popular "Dhivehi Observer" .

How did Gayoom (or Golhaabo as he is now popularly known as) react? By hunting down the owners of Sandhaanu, imprisoning them and torturing them. He now blocks Dhivehi Observer and all other websites critical of his regime (although we are able to access them through mirror sites)

But he must know that his days of repressing his people are numbered. He cannot stop us now.

Blogger Prison Sentence a slap in the face for freedom of expression

2007-03-17T02:56:00.000-07:00

"Amnesty International today (22 February) condemned the four-year sentence handed down by an Egyptian court against blogger Karim Amer, and called for his immediate and unconditional release.

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:

"This sentence is yet another slap in the face of freedom for expression in Egypt.

"Karim Amer is a prisoner of conscience who is being prosecuted on account of the peaceful expression of his views.

"The Egyptian authorities must repeal laws which allow people to be thrown in prison just for exercising their right to free speech, be it online or offline.

'We are deeply worried that the Egyptian authorities are now targeting bloggers in their attempts to stifle free speech.

'Sadly this is not confined to Egypt. In countries around the world, governments are targeting bloggers, closing websites and censoring internet searches. The internet is the new front in the battle between those who want to speak out and those who would stop them.'

Karim Amer is the first Egyptian blogger to be tried for writing blogs criticizing Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities, President Husni Mubarak and Islam. Charges against him included "spreading information disruptive of public order and damaging to the country's reputation", "incitement to hate Islam" and "defaming the President of the Republic".

Sounds familiar? No wonder my friend was worried about the blogging. Golhaabo studied in Egypt after all. Remember what he did to the Sandhaanu people?

Amnesty International

Sandhaanu

" the pitiful state of the Maldivian Web Media?"

2007-03-14T12:07:00.000-07:00

My letter on The Pitiful State of Maldivian Web Media by Minivan News

'Allow me to contribute my humble opinion to this debate. It is all very well for the Minivan News to criticize Maldivian web media such the Dhivehi Observer for being sensationalist and focusing on “petty private arguments” as opposed to the idealized notion of the mainstream press – the positivist assumption that the careful collection of facts presented in official and impersonal language after a good objective investigation somehow leads to the truth. I do agree that this does provide factual information for those who have no knowledge of the situation.

However, on the contrary, tabloid websites such as DO use everyday conversationalist tones, which in a way lead to a more egalitarian relationship with the ordinary person on the street. In another word, there is no pontification.

In the Maldives I believe that there is a need and room for both. We need the careful analysis of facts that provides understanding and belief. The Minivan News is in this sense a remarkable source for those who are fortunate enough to understand the excellent English language that you use. However, for the ordinary Maldivian we also need websites like the Dhivehi Observer who use the language of the common man/women and had single-handedly exposed some of the worst crimes of this regime from raw information- something that some times no amount of empirical fact-finding investigative journalism is able to unearth.

Sir, Minivan News should concentrate on doing what it claims– being an independent news source for the Maldives – and bringing factual information for the people of the Maldives instead of spending time on slamming other web-based media. If DO or Factmaldives want to walk on a different path, then let them do so. After all, isn’t democracy about having the freedom to choose and shouldn’t that choice apply to journalism as well– whether to be a tabloid journal or to be with the mainstream press?'

stay away from politics in the Maldives? what a joke

2007-03-04T03:04:00.000-08:00

Got a call last night. My friend wanted to know what I hoped to gain by this blog spot. My question is do I have to "gain" anything? The gist of the argument was there must be a motive, a political motive. WTF! This is my blog where I write whatever bull I want and I don't particularly care two kavaabus if people don't even know that it exists let alone read it. This is where I spill out my gut churning, projectile vomitting, carcinogens and I will continue to do so as long as I please. If he thinks that I am doing this for a political reason, he can go and lick a certain ageing, pimpled derriere.

After the conversation, I realised that my friend's concerns aren't without a reason after all. In the Maldives, every action, every reaction is often politically related even if not motivated. While there are many who tries their level best to stay out of the political sphere, it inevitably lands on them and drags them helplessly into this vortex of lies, corruption, power and greed. A few years ago as long as you remain silent you may be able to escape. Now its no more. Even if you are a hapless bystander, you have no guarantee that you will be able to remain a bystander for long. Someone you know, someone close to you would be embedded deeply inside this political game and you are forced to take sides. And the best way to even try and remain a bystander is to play the political game..what a paradox aye?

So I am not surprised that my friend thought I had an ultimate motive in this and refuses to accept that this is just a tool for letting out my frustrations.

When is the next cabinet reshuffle? hehe

I shall name your child.

2007-03-02T00:28:00.000-08:00

My cousin has a problem. They can't decide on the name for their baby. No, I stand corrected. They cannot decide on a name for the baby which would be accepted by the Maldivian government.

Now the question is should parents be allowed to choose what they want to call their kids or should the government have a say in it?

Funnily enough its not Golhaabo and his narrow-minded cronies who are the league leaders in this. Several other countries too follow strict regulations. In Germany names like Hitler and Stalin are banned. Also on the banned list are Osama and Jihad. Until recently the Belgian government had a list of names and unless its on the list, the parents cannot choose any old name they liked.

I know in the Maldives the rationale behind this is supposed to be to choose Islamic names. Only what the hell are Islamic names? Aren't these so-called names just Arabic names? I mean as far as I know Abu Bakuru was called Abu Bakuru before he was a Muslim and after he was a Muslim. Same goes for Ali. Even the Prophet himself (PBUH) didn't change his name. Aminath was his mother who died at child-birth. So arent these names just Arabic names?

I am of the view that names should be one thing that parents should be allowed to choose. I came across this on the internet while searching for names. Apparently the Luo in Kenya are famous for their creative naming. Here you might meet a "Microsoft WIlliam Ochieng" or "Sharp Knife Oduor". All right, the poor kid might not be very happy if you call them
Qualiquerine Golhaabo Faranfalli? But surely there should be this much of breathing space for the parents without the state intervening.

Poli what? err? aye? Politics? what the hell is that?

2007-02-28T07:53:00.000-08:00

My grandad's friend Adambe told my dad today that he doesn't understand politics.

When my dad prompted him to explain what he meant, Adambe said, "Katheeb told me that having political parties would be a bad thing for the Maldives. And I believed him. Then he told me later, it is a good thing. So I believed him again. Then he told me a few months back, It is a good thing as long as I join DRP. Now I am confused."

Join the Club.

From a particular point of view, politics is confusing. What do we achieve by trying to convert Maldives into a multi-party democracy? Do we really think we are going to be better off? Better-off for who? For those who are desperately trying to join the political rat-race in the hope that they would eventually end up in the higher echelons of power? Or for those average Maldivian trying to improve his life? Fine, we have a multi-party system now. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is now trying to register a party (even if some claim that they have no desire to run for office but just to highlight the social ills of life. In that respect, I would assume that registering an NGO would have a better impact but then....)

But where does all this lead to? Don't get me wrong. I am all for a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Only I doubt there exists a single one in this world. Doesn't mean we can't be the pioneers in the Maldives!

For most of us (and here I am taking the liberty of speaking for the most of us) politicking have now reached a stage where we are not sure what it has achieved so far and where it is taking us. The MDP has done their shouting on the road. They have had their activists arrested. They have been able to draw cartoons of the President and print them in magazines. The international media has taken an interest even if lukewarm about the Maldives. The President has formed "the ruling party". Instead of asking people whether they supported Victory or New Radiant, people now ask whether they belong to MDP or DRP. The word "Golhaabo" has become a new part of our everyday vocabulary. People log into the net to check DO before they even have breakfast. People we never thought and heard of have suddenly become a big part of the "Sarukaaru".

WHAT ELSE?

For the Maldivian worried about how he is going to buy the school books for his kids, how he is going to pay for the medical treatment of his ailing mother, how he is going to find the money to rebuild his house so that his daughter will have a room when she gets married, worried whether his son would become the next drug addict, whether it would be his house that would get broken into next...I doubt whether he could see the light at the end of this political tunnel.

So if this is all what politics is about it is hardly suprising that Adambe is confused.

I am off for some coffee and some de-confusing time...

maybe do some "Golhaabo Faibaa" therapy on the way......

today's protest and the freedom of choice

2007-02-22T08:54:00.000-08:00

Whew!

So I breathe a sigh of relief that today’s protest against police brutality passed off without incident. All right, the turn out was small but the fact that not a single arrest was made is worth celebrating about. For those couple of hours, people in the Maldives who were there at the protest were able to express their views freely and most importantly hear what they wanted to listen to.

Freedom of expression is the keystone of every democracy. In the first session of the UNGA resolution 59(I) was adopted which states "Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and ... the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated."

We cannot make informed decisions if there is no freedom of expression. We would be living in the Dark Ages like we were before in the Maldives. We would be whispering in hushed tones and give scared glances around in case someone was listening and someone reported us; took us to into custody and tortured us. That is sadly what happens most of the time. But not today. Not for those few hours.

Why is the government so scared of giving us something that is guaranteed by the virtue of us being born humans? Answer? simple!

I believe Golhabo is frightened because it gives us Maldivians dignity. It makes us human. And he cannot afford that. If he allows all those in the opposition to be “human” then he cannot get his Golhaa Force to beat them up and torture them. So he has to dehumanize the opposition. So that his Golhaa Force will not hesitate to act on his behalf. They will not stop and think “wait! These guys are human beings like us”.

So he cannot afford to give them the freedom to think. Because freedom means choice.

And they just might choose someone else.

They just might.

Just might.

Might.

talk..talk..talk (atleast Yameen is not a hypocrite)

2007-02-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

Talk, Talk, Talk, that is all we seem to do. OK, I am not saying that this MDP/DRP talk is a bad thing. But what good is talking if it leads to nowhere. They talked before didn't they? Remember something called the Westiminster House Agreement? What happened to it? Is it up Golhabo's arse? I am very sceptial about this round of talks too. They will issue some kind of joint statement and then both parties will blame each other for breaking it.

People are still getting beaten up. People are still getting tortured. People are still being dragged around by the police at their whim and fancy. The other day a brother of one of my mates got taken by the police and they kept him for a solid 10 hours without a single question. And people said he was lucky he walked out without any broken bones. Not so lucky is the guy who ended in the ICU.

I cannot for the world accept that Golhabo is serious about reform. For heaven's sake, he has the majority in the parliament. All his cronies are there. If the bugger was serious about bringing democracy and reform why don't he fucking tell them to just go ahead and amend the constitution? What if the MDP kept singing "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush:? What can they do? they are a minority. If Golhabo wants reform he can jolly well do it.

So I dont care how many people actually believe that Golhaa is a reformist. He ain't one. All he wants is to prolong this process so that he can hang on to power as long as he likes. Until Malakal Mauth comes and fetches him. Maybe even then he'll try and negotiate to remain in this world a little while longer. Or he will try and send Golhaa Force after him too.

Talk, talk, talk......yak, yak, yak.

and Golhaa shall be President forever.

NB My friend Ayya just read this and said, "AT LEAST YAMEEN IS NOT A HYPOCRITE". (he didnt attend the talks) hehehe

Kewl pic

2007-02-09T04:58:00.000-08:00

Check this out and tell me what's so special about it?

You got it. The camels are the little white specks and the others are just the black shadows.

Golhaabo and Addu

2007-02-04T07:48:00.000-08:00

So I hear that our beloved President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (God Calls Me God) is going to grace the Adduans with his presence. What an honour after such a long time. I believe that the people of Addu, being starved of his serene and graceful Botox injected face, have been waiting for this day, counting the milliseconds for his arrival.

And what's this nonsense I hear about MDP supporters planning to protest against his arrival and call for his downfall? How ludicrous can that be. After all what he has done for Addu and its people, what are these ungrateful bastards up to. I mean didnt he as recently as a couple of months back release all those Addu terrorists from Dhoonidhoo without even charging most of them...those crooks who came on the Namoona Dhoni to overthrow him, led by that half-Fua Mulaku mudivah Amin Faisal. DIdn't he get them out of that hell-hole of Dhoonidhoo out of the goodness of his heart and his compassion for their families and children in Addu? So instead of Thanking him and bowing before his Holiness and kissing his scabies-infested arse these scum-of-the-earth are planning to shout for his resignation?

I suggest that the MDP leadership call their activists to halt all anti-golhaa activity and instead prepare to welcome him. A plate of bondibaiy would be perfect for our beloved President.

And maybe, just maybe next time an Addu person gets arrested, Golhaa might order his Golhaa Force to torture him one second less than they intend to. Don't hold your breathe though.

Golhaabo and Bondibaiy

2007-02-02T09:51:00.000-08:00

What is this thing about Golhabo and Bondibaiy? I mean surely in the Presidential Palace there will be enough chefs to whip up any kind of bondibaiy he wants? Why does he wants to send his Golhaa Force and prohibit us mere mortals from enjoying a little bit of bondibaiy?

This definitely requires some serious thinking - me thinks. Maybe is it his favourite dish and therefore he doesnt want any one else enjoying it? Nah..cant be that. He only ate "Foolhu" during his time in Egypt so can't be that.

Maybe he thinks that there is a magic potion in the MDP bondibaiy. Perhaps Golhaa thinks that Getafiix is the one who is brewing the bondibaiy and the reformists might come and wipe him clean after eating it. Hmm, that may sound like a more plausible explanation because I cannot for the whole world think what Golhaabo has against people eating bondibaiy.

Golhaabo, the sky may fall on your head tomorrow

(AND TOMORROW WILL COME)

putting the fun back in fundamentalism

2007-01-04T12:05:00.000-08:00

Some friends of mine discussed recently about the growing fundamentalism in the Maldives..to be particular, one of them was extremely concerned that his rather liberal-free thinking-easy going girlfriend has suddenly decided to wear the buruqaa and cover herself up in a "black tent" as he calls it. He says that he is concerned that over night she has suddenly gone from being "areligious" to a "fundamentalist" and that "she does not really know what she's doing and she has definitely not thought about it thoroughly" as he puts it .

The rest of us beleives that he is just upset that she won't let him shag her anymore.

Leaving the predicament of my friend aside, it is true that this black-buruqaa clad culture IS growing at an alarming rate in the Maldives. Where does that lead us? If we are liberal then surely people should be free to choose how to dress as they want or is it more than just a buruqaa and an outer-garment we are talking about? Just because someone choose to dress in a certain manner doesn't necessarily means that she is not the same person you knew before or is it?

According to my friend, it is NOT.

The worst, he says, is that she can't even take a joke anymore.

So is being a "fundamentalist" mean you can't joke? I decided to check the internet for Islamic jokes and here are some I found.

WARNING: If you even remotely think you might be offended, just LOOK AWAY NOW.

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A Muslim father catches his son masturbating. He says, "Don't do that my son, or Allah will strike you blind." The child says, "Abu, I'm over here."

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An Imam shocked his community when he announced that he was resigning from that particular Masjid and moving to a drier climate. After the session, a very distraught lady came to the Imam with tears in her eyes, "Oh, Imam, we are going to miss you so much. We don't want you to leave!" The kind hearted Imam said "Now, now, sister, don't carry on. The Imam who takes my place might be even better than me".

"Yeah", she said, with a tone of disappointment in her voice, "That's what they said the last time too . . . "

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A man is taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog . He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl's life. A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: "You are a hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: "Brave New Yorker saves the life of little girl" The man says: - "But I am not a New Yorker!" "Oh ,then it will say in newspapers in the morning: 'Brave American saves life of little girl'" – the policeman answers. "But I am not an American!" – says the man. "Oh, what are you then? " The man says: - "I am a Muslim !" The next day the newspapers says: "Islamic extremist kills innocent American dog.

killer dogs and idiots...

2007-01-02T07:30:00.000-08:00

I was really saddened to read about the little girl who was mauled to death by her uncle's pit-bull terrier today. Ellie Lawrenson died of severe head and neck injuries after being mauled at her grandmother's house in St Helens, UK.

I do not understand why people want to keep a dangerous and volatile breed such as these. Call me stupid but I just don't. and I think some people will agree with me as from one of the comments I read on the BBC site "It's not the dogs that are the problem, it's the irresponsible idiots who own them!"

Possibly, possibly....but at times like these I am elated..yes elated that we don't have dogs in the Maldives (sans the so-called drug sniffers but that's another story).

YES, for those of you who are non-maldivian...THERE ARE NO DOGS IN THE MALDIVES. ZILCH.

now did any one hear of a child being mauled by a "findhana"?

out with the old and in with the new

2007-01-01T07:09:00.000-08:00

So another new year dawns on us...shall I be excited? Worried? or shall I greet it with apathy?

More of the same old shit probably awaits us this year. Ok Saddam is dead and gone, but you bet there wont be the excitement of hanging either Bush or Blair this year. I don't need to be Nostradamus to guess that much. I mean it would be interesting to see how the world reacts if Bush is hanged. Not that I support capital punishment. But just for a moment of pure curiosity I wonder how the Fox news would report the hanging of ol Dubya Bush. Or the BBC for Tony Blair? I wonder if John Simpson would do the final report? ...

What does 2007 bring to the Maldives? more political bull..no doubt. Cabinet reshuffle? Another Golhaa crony brought in with another new Ministry created? More MDP whinging and in-fighting and more Hill & Knowlton spin for the government? Would we ever see some real change in our country this year? Probably not.

For Hassanbe down the road he'll still sit in his Maarkeytu Golhi selling his "lunboa mirus' and would have to make "his rounds to the houses of the rich" to buy the school books for his grandchildren who he's looking after.

Life would not make an iota of difference just because 2007 is 'ere

Did you hear about the new regulation in the Maldives?

2006-12-27T09:43:00.000-08:00

I heard that from the 1st of January 2007 a new regulation is coming into force in the Maldives which prohibits the wearing of trainers except in a registered gym. All those who wear trainers outside a registered gym (including their own homes) will be charged - this offence carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in jail. This new regulation is by ministerial decree.

This new regulation will apply to all those who have worn trainers from the 1st of September 2006.

So anyone who had worn a pair of trainers outside a registered gym from the 1st of September 2006 stands being prosecuted.

YOU THINK I'M MAD? BEFORE YOU DIAGNOSE ME AS SUFFERING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA AND INCARCERATE ME IN GURAIDHOO..read the following:

"On Saturday, the Justice Ministry’s Aisha Shujune, announced defamation regulations in the Maldives were to be changed from January 1, 2007, to make it a civil offence with maximum damages set at Rf.1 million.

The new regulations are to be instituted by ministerial decree, without going through parliament.

This means from next year, breach of defamation regulations will carry a maximum fine of Rf.1 million (US$ 78 125) for “meaningful loss,” and will no longer incur a banishment sentence. There will also be fines for “material loss,” where a claimant can ask for compensation for income lost as a result of damage to his reputation or “honour”.

The new restrictions will be imposed retrospectively, to be applicable to anything communicated since September 1, 2006, leaving many journalists open to lawsuits for regulations which had not existed in the same form at the time, and which they would not have known about at the time.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR?

Practice what you preach, Mr.Hassan Saeed, AG

2006-12-18T06:44:00.000-08:00

It was with consternation that I read about our Attorney-General's address on Human Rights Day

Minivan News reported as following "In the address, Hassan Saeed said the real essence of reform was in the mindset of the people and urged them to “demand” and “acquire” their rights, saying such a process had given Maldivians the right to political association and the right to assembly."

If the people has the right to assembly, then why is he still bringing charges against those who participated in the Addu Hiniku Float? If the AG really believes in what he says, then surely he is contradicting his own priniciples by bringing charges against those who took part in this gathering which has been deemed "unlawful".

Perhaps he has never heard of the saying "actions speak louder than words". Or perhaps he thinks that we will all fall for his rhetoric and turn a blind eye to what he practices.

TVM unbiased reporting? not in a million years

2006-12-17T02:49:00.000-08:00

Why do people assume that the TVM is going to bring unbiased and balanced reporting of the Maldivian political situation?

Honestly, sometimes political naivety stuns me.

Just because the BBC had a spat early on with Mr. Tony Blair does not mean that the TVM has to follow suit.

TVM is the mouthpiece for our beloved leader Golhabo and has always been so. News items are directly faxed from the President's Office to the TVM news desk sometimes just minutes before the NEWS go on-air. This has been going on for several years.

Suddenly, everyone seems to think that things have changed or will change?

Oh no! no!

Things don’t change overnight. Just because someone somewhere told Golhabo there is such a thing in this world called democracy does not mean that he has to abandon his link to his subjects. How on earth will we live without seeing him on our screen everyday? Is he really going to subject us to see Anni instead? Come on! He cannot be that cruel to his people as to let loose Anni's ugly mug on our screen instead of his holy face?

The directors of Article 19, International Media Support, International Federation of Journalists etc may write to the Information Minister for the upteenth time but I doubt if anything more will happen apart from mere rhetoric.

Actually I wonder if anyone has done an audit of how many times Golhaabo has been seen on TVM news the last year leave alone the last 28 years? Or to make it simpler, it maybe easier to count the number of times he has NOT been on TVM news.

So if the TVM staff thinks that they can get away with leaking internal memos and letters to the public then they have another thing coming.

Today it maybe an internal investigation

Tomorrow it would be Alcatraz in Dhoonidhoo.

The Day After…who knows? Remember the likes of Ivan Naseem and Ali Shaahir…?

broken arm and frustrations

2006-12-16T10:54:00.000-08:00

No, I have not posted here all these days because I migrated to Israel.

I haven't posted here because I broke my arm. Yes, my right arm and being horribly right-handed it ain't easy to type into a keyboard with your left hand.

Now my arm is much better but the last few weeks, my frustrations have built up so much about not being able to write what my mind wanted me to write and my hand was dying to type into the keyboard. However, my friends or so-called friends have been expressing their discomfort at my blogspot. Yes, they are working in the government; yes some of them are DRP members, yes, they are worried that I might be seen as "anti-government" when I should be a bit more careful in what I write; HELL! I have never heard so much whinging in my whole life. So the bottom line is they are pretty much thrilled that I broke my arm and couldn't type into my goddamn computer.

OK, Hari Kunzru pretty much summed it up in his article in the Gaurdian magazine today when he wrote "Maldivians have good reason to be wary of expressing dissent."

Maybe they have a reason; maybe they are concerned about my welfare; but sorry my dear, its going to take more than a broken arm to stop my bit.

Acccording to my friend, I am Jewish

2006-11-29T07:12:00.000-08:00

I am a JEW. It's official.

That is according to my friend H.

How did I warrant this honour? Well, it stared as a conversation, turned debate, turned argument, turned fight.

The gist of it was like this.

Me: Everyone should be allowed to study what they want to study

H: No, the government should decide what we should study.

Me: How can the government decide what we should study

H: Only the government knows what is best for the country

Me: What if the government wants someone to study medicine even though he faints at the sight of blood.

H: He will just have to study it.

Me: What about those studying privately?

H: Even they should not be allowed to study what they want. They should study what is good for the country

Me: that is ridiculous.

Blah blah blah fight fight fight

How did I end up being Jewish?

H: What if someone wants to study about another religion?

Me: Well, if someone wants to study about another religion so they should. It is not a bad thing to educate ourselves about other religions

H: You are saying it because you are a Jew. You should go and live in Israel

So it is official. According to my friend not only the government should dictate what we should study, I should also be living in Israel.

If he thought that by saying that to me that I will be offended, he cannot be more wrong. Israel incidentally is a very pleasant and beautiful country, nice place to live if you are Jewish. Ofcourse, if you are a Palestinian then it is a different story but my friend did not say that I should live in Israel because I am Palestinian. So by calling me a Jew, if he thinks I should be offended then he can think again.

By the way, if I should go and live in Israel, then don't you think my friend with his communistic views would fit well into Stalinist Russia? hehe

Israel

Stalin

Alexander Litvinenko

2006-11-27T09:13:00.001-08:00

BBC Report

Who killed the Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko we would probably never know. Whenever there is a hint of foulplay involving the government of any state (mind you, I am not saying the Russian government actually killed him) ..but whenever there is a possibility or allegations made against a govt. then the mystery is almost never solved. So we shall probably never find out who was behind the radiation poisoning of this man or how it was actually done.

Which brings me to the statement by MDP that claims "Opposition leaders in exile have recently received warnings and threats to their physical safety. The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) calls upon the Maldivian government to cease and disavow the use of such violence to silence voices and eliminate challenges to their continued and unencumbered rule." MDP Statement

Now can this really be true? Can Golhaabo be so inhumane that he is willing to even assassinate opposition leaders in order to remain in power?

If the Litvinenko case is the stuff of a Frederick Forsyth novel then this MDP accusation remains far-fetched. However, if the Litvinenko case is really the work of the Russian secret service, then state-sponsored murder is not something that has a relevance only in the past. It exists today.

without Golhabo will there be a Maldives?

2006-11-26T11:38:00.000-08:00

If Martin Luther King had left the SCLC and the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's i'm sure no one would've cared." wrote Hamzah on the comments page of my last blog.

I do wonder had Nelson Mandela left the ANC would South Africa be apartheid-free today. But then again leaders like Steve Biko was murdered and we still have a rainbow nation. But perhaps if Steve Biko was alive, then maybe it would have come sooner.

But then this is purely an academic debate. We cannot foresee the future, we can only hypothesize what may or may not happen.

OK here is the million dollar question. If Golhabo left DRP, would it be the demise of the DRP?

Now, that's food for thought. I wonder..hmmm...I just wonder.....

Someone just told me - without Golhabo there wont be a Maldives. Now he's singing "Golhabo nuveenama karuna gas nuveehey"...

I need a coffee. I need Jimmy Hendrix. I need you to shut up, my friend. No, not you who's reading this. This nutcase who is singing here. He needs to shut up

Ibra has left MDP

2006-11-25T10:14:00.000-08:00

Why or why or why people feel that this is the demise of the MDP just because Ibra has left it. So what? big deal. A political party should be above one person or personalities. Why or why can't we get out of this mentality that everything revolves around one person. (Excuse me mum, I didnt mean you)

Why cannot we accept that politics is about people, not A PERSON. It should be about how the majority of the Maldivians feel and want. Not what Ibra wants. If he wants to leave a certain party then that is his decision. Well and good. But how does it affect the future of MDP? I don't think it does at all. I hope it does not anyway.

No one in politics is there because they have the people's wishes in their heart. They are there because they have an agenda of their own. But in that agenda, if there is something that benefits the whole country then we are half way there.

That makes me think - if we are still in that mentality that politics revolve around a person or should revolve around a certain person, then I think this new constitution should make sure that no one can be the President for more than 1 term. I think 5 years is more than enough. If we keep anyone any longer than that, then he is bound to become "GOD".

As for Ibra, grow up people. He's just one guy compared to the rest of the Maldives. So what if he left MDP? Big deal..big deal...big deal...

Obsessing

2006-11-25T05:42:00.000-08:00

Woke up wondering if I am alive or not. Wondering if Golhaa feels like this when he wakes up?

now that worries me - why am I obsessing about Golhaabo. I don't give a shit about that guy except that he's locked up a few of my mates in Dhoonidhoo.

I've never been to Dhoonidhoo but a lot of my friends have been telling me that it wont be long before Golhaa invites me along to stay at his five star hotel.

I am waiting for that invitation.

Did I hear someone knock at the door?

freedom for the kinboo

2006-11-24T14:14:00.000-08:00

I am a new blogger. I just visited the Moyameeha's blog spot. I too support Freedom for the Kinboo campaign

golhaa is demented - big deal

2006-11-24T12:56:00.000-08:00

OK so golhaa is demented. Tell me something that I don't know.

We knew he was demented when he admitted carrying weapons when he took his oath of office. What idiot, moron, imbecile, whateveryoumaycall, would actually admit that to the whole of Maldives that he has broken the law when he took oath. He was demented then and he is demented now.

So why has this news suddenly surfaced? Ah I get it. Some one in golhaa's palace finally had enough of his memory lapses, "I don't know where I am" moments, totally insane "executive decisions" to go public with the news.

Under normal circumstances when someone leaks info about golhaa, he or she would be shitting bricks incase they are frog-marched to Alcatraz in Dhoonidhoo.

Not this time. This time he/she can rest in peace because Golhaa would not remember that someone had leaked this story about his illness to the public.

What story?

hehehe

It is time I created one

2006-11-24T05:53:00.000-08:00

My friends have been asking me for some time now - why don't I create a blogspot. My initial reaction was, for what? I write what I want to write when I want to write without the need for a blog spot.

But, recently, I have started to come around to the idea of a blogspot. Especially when I saw that the blogspot Subcontinentsouth was giving an hour by hour update of the Addu Dhoni incident when no one else was doing so (not even Dhivehi Observer was that quick).

So why don't I create one even if its to satisfy my friends?

AND HERE IT IS.

I must warn you though - this is going to be hard reading, few hometruths, because I am not someone who mince his words. I like speaking my mind and it may not be easy for some to swallow.

Let's see how it goes