Hassan Saeed for President? No thanks and why

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
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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!

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?

Golhabo prevents Hassan Saeed from running for President

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