another day in para(dies)

frankly i feel like screeeeming tonight bout these so called mps debating on the issue of how to elect a speaker to the parliament. let me give you a suggestion. how about we bring an expatriate speaker for the majilis. hopefully someone who does not know dhivehi. i think this will be a way to move forward so that we can start talking about human rights, freedom of speech, gender equalities, justice, religion, education, social security, pension, health, policing, transport... i can go on..
i think the government is playing the game here too they want the majilis to look incapable (than again it certainly seems to be heading in that direction). out of all this... one thing i am really happy about is the simple fact that people can disagree.. this certainly is a mile stone..something that is unheard of. Who knows maybe this is a sign of independence attained by the society due to the policies of the government. this might be crap for some and this might be something many people who genuinely believe in.. i don’t know...
sometimes i think that the generation that emerges through oppression are stronger and much more critical thinkers than a person growing up in a "free" society. again i might be wrong here.. these are just thoughts... one thing i am certain is that the present government did not treat everyone equaly. yes they made this country what it is now yet there is no doubt that we could have been more than what we are today.. its like telling me.. "look around you... you have "free" education, hospitals, paved roads... far better than most of other countries........so what if a few million get lost".. for a long time we believed in this we belived in "so what if a few million get lost”. it was not just an oppressed society it was also a satisfied society. the masses only started to question once we started to be unsatisfied… no jobs, no housing etc. the present pseudo uprising is not about how long the present governments been in power, or its oppression, or nepotism. its simply the fact that the state is unable to satisfy the masses as it use to do in the 80s and early 90s. hence the revolt. do you seriously think that there is human rights in north american and europen countries? or that their ideological society is the perfect functioning civilization. WRONG each and every country in this world runs like Maldives in varying degrees. Only difference is they know how to keep the masses satisfied and passive. Their way of manipulating the masses kept on changing and adopting to the new millennium where as our country was still stuck with the century old foucauldian tactics of controlling. I know I am sounding like a craxy guy here. I know there exist an ideal utopia model for a society but this will never succeed in a century where capitalism, security and xenophobia is what drives our decisions. We as a country exist within a wider world… while the world grew we refused to look outwards yet at the same time we bought everything that was sold to us.. we competed with the rest of the world in fashion and material goods. Sooo sad,,, sometimes I am so glad that Maldives does not have a mac, kfc or a taco. either due to economic reasons or policies of the government this is something we as a country should be proud of and I hope the people of this country never allow this to happen.
**sigh** Anyways.. the resort bids are being evaluated. I don’t care what mdp write on the site but I think this is one of the most transparent process ever devised in this country. It was very good idea for the process to be given to an outside company. People are allowed to be present during evaluation and also most importantly being allowed to appeal. I saw mdps article and I was wondering how can one argue when the money paid to this contracted company to be too low. If it was too high I can clearly see mdp going crazy over this.. let me tell you what good journalism is for me (note the "for me").. make a comparative analysis of the company.. give me company background.. tell me what another company charge for this kind of work.. the other thing about they being paid in pounds.. what’s the point this article is trying to make.. what if they are paid in gold? Hello!!! can we concentrate on the important matters here.. fairness and transparency.
Anyways.. lets wait and see how this process go. The only thing I have a problem is that people are not able to take the matter to court. They should be able to take legal action against tourism ministry if they think they are unfairly treated…. I will see how this process goes and will write more…
i got a lot to write.. there are all these talks about the fashion show and woman etc etc.. but I am just too sleepy to write now..here ends another day in paradise