Golhaabo and (Un)Democratic Laws

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!

Mulee Aage for the former Dictator? NEVER!

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!"

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

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!

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

"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!

SHOULD THE MDP JOIN THE QASIM COALITION?

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

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

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?