The Cabinet has recommended that the President reverse the previous government’s zoning decree on the Equatorial Convention Center in Addu. “Three days before elections, I don’t think it’s about giving people land,” Addu Mayor Abdullah Sodig observes.
State broadcaster Television Maldives on Sunday aired a live question and answer session with the four candidates contesting the September 7 presidential election.
The following translation is of a document apparently signed and stamped by then opposition political parties on December 29, 2011, outlining a planned overthrow of the Nasheed government on February 24, 2012. Parties involved have rejected the document’s authenticity.
The surf tourists who arrived in the Maldives August 30 were wearing ‘Save Thamburudhoo’ t-shirts, in support of a locally led awareness campaign to prevent surf break privatisation.
The Criminal Court today conducted the first hearing into the case of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MPs Hamid Abdul Ghafoor and Abdulla Jabir allegedly being caught in possession of alcohol last November.
On 7 September 2012 we will decide whether to stay on this road to the past, or return to the present and back to the future, writes Dr Azra Naseem.
The Department of Immigration and Emigration has rejected accusations that a replacement border control system provided by US authorities was not fit for purpose without “enhancements” currently being made to the technology.
Routine political opposition for its own sake, inexperience, and a ‘lame duck’ transitional period forecasts a rough post-election transition in the Maldives, writes N Sathiya Moorthy.
4. Mohamed Nasheed – updated Sept 5, 2013 Running mate: former Education Minister, Chancellor of Maldives National University, Dr Musthafa Luthfy Read this candidate’s manifesto 10 Questions 1. What about your personal experience makes you suitable to become President? Along with my colleagues in the democracy movement, I established the Maldivian Democratic Party, which is … Continue reading Candidate 4: Mohamed Nasheed