Day: November 8, 2009

Dear Editor,
It’s a pity to know thats an AIDS patient on loose had sex with two underaged girls. Well firstly, a person like that shouldn’t have been on the loose in the first place. The question here is not the underaged girl; patients of AIDS need to be known to the public.
The general public should have the right to know who among them has contagious illnesses like AIDS, so that they can protect themselves from such people’s evil acts. Giving religious summons against AIDS in the mosques will not alone prevent such sad incidences. Just as an AIDS patient has the right to live, there should be the same right for the healthy people to protect themselves from diseased patients.
That’s how it works everywhere in the world. I don’t see any reason why the Maldivian Health Ministry would keep such people in the closet and put oursleves and our children at risk of getting illnesses from such people. There should be a national AIDS, Hepatitis B & C register where the public can access in order to protect themselves from such people.
Regards,
Ibrahim

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Dear Editor,
Tuesday’s vote of no confidence vote against our Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed is really a vote of no confidence against the Majlis.
Speaker Abdullah Shahid has turned the Majlis into a circus by tabling this motion and has lost whatever credibility he had left. Not only has Abdullah Shahid failed to follow required protocol in such matters, he has forgotten the oath he took to uphold the honour and integrity of the Majlis.
As for Majlis members we will see on Tuesday just who remembers the promises they made to us during their campaigns and the oath they took as Majlis members to uphold our constitution and the will of the people. And who sold out.
The vote of no confidence against Dr Shaheed brings shame on our nation. If ever we needed proof of just how badly we have fallen in our morals and ethics and just how corrupt our politicians are, this is it.
Perhaps it is not a bad thing after all. In many ways it is a relief for we will know once and for all on Tuesday who our heroes are and who are the enemies of our nation.
For only those who put their own agendas above that of the people can vote against a cabinet minister who stood for and worked so hard for the democatic new Maldives we have today.
Shame on you Abdulla Shahid. Shame on you DRP-PA.
Regards,
Anonymous

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