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!

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

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

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......

Alexander Litvinenko

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.

Ibra has left MDP

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...