The main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has filed a case in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), accusing the party of bribing opposition MPs to join the party.
A senior member of Gayoom’s faction of the opposition and former Deputy Leader of the DRP, Umar Naseer, sent a letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission stating that ‘’offering money to an MP to shift parties is nothing less than an act of corruption.’’
The letter alleges that former DRP Deputy Leader and MP Ali Waheed, who resigned from the MP today, was bribed with “millions of rufiya”.
Naseer called on the ACC to monitor the bank accounts of Ali Waheed, his friends and family to assure that there was no corruption involved in Waheed’s decision to join MDP.
Umar Naseer did not respond to Minivan News at time of press while MP Ahmed Nihan and MP Ahmed Mahlouf were unavailable.
Meanwhile, tomorrow night MDP has said it will hold a special ceremony during which Ali Waheed publicly sign with the party.
Ali Waheed has not officially confirmed his decision to the media, however, senior MDP officials have confirmed that it will happen.
Aside from Ali Waheed, two other DRP MPs will sign with MDP tomorrow night during the special ceremony.
A Z-DRP faction senior official also told Minivan News that Ali Waheed and Hassan Shujau, a DRP council member, decided to join MDP after they were offered millions of rufiya “and other assets”.
Hassan Shujau has been now appointed as the State Transport Minister, days after he decided to join MDP.
MDP Secretary General Ahmed Shah and Spokesperson of MDP Ahmed Haleem did not respond to Minivan News at time of press.
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and Thas is Ok with this? Umar Naseer filing a case in the name of DRP? be consistent man.
This is nut case!
Can’t understand why Minivan have to write about this veered!
You belong under water with fish, since fish forget after eating it's bait and comes back again after 3 seconds or so. Go drive that submarine of yours and find a mermaid in the atlantic, or get lost there for Allah's sake.
What a fool this guy is asking to monitor the bank accounts of Ali Waheed's FRIENDS...? He was a friend too so we should monitor his bank account too.
I bought water melon from market today.. Umar, why dont you file a complaint to ACC??
umar fool naseer. U shud first check urs devine masters accounts..and his family and friends accounts to try to count the millions of dollars in them.. thank u for caring about corruption so much.
MP's who sell themselves should definitely be prosecuted. They have surely been haramkoaru to the people who elected them. The sentence should be 100 years.
@hassan ahmed: there is a good reason why article was drafted. more people should be aware of the corruption that s taking place in the country, more people should know the means of filing cases of corruption,
why cant MPs be bought? people are buying bread, chicken.. etc. nobody is complaining to ACC. this is so silly.
Umar Naseer is the best candidate to face Mohamed Nasheed in 2013 elections - Gayoom. I think he needs stop acting like a hyper active maniac if he wants people to vote for him or his pals.
A nail id driven!
Ali Waheed and friends; be careful!