messege in a bottle

Here is a reply i wrote to someone on the forum of http://themaldivian.org . I wonder if they will even post it.

MSG to NO MDP.
You know.. there is a large majority of people who do hate maumoon. Ask around. People live under fear and praise him out of fear of persecution. This might not be the direct policy of the current government but for some reason the structure is laid out in this manner. And yes I will agree that as far as I can see 50% or more hates the current president. These are not misrepresentation but merely an opinion (and as you say its punishable).. that’s exactly what the current government does, they twist opinions to misrepresentation, they twist expressions to incitement.. i love my country but this is not what I dreamt it would be in 2005. We are sick and tired of the current government. High-raised buildings are not the reflection of a modern society. Modern societies rely on access to education, health. and freedom. I do agree a large number of students are sent abroad to study and there are a large number of degree holders. percentage vise this is nothing and the people we have are concentrated in male'. Decentralization used to be the top issue in the mid 80s but what does the government do? destroyed a whole ecosystem and created Hulumale. Now Hulumale is one of the dreams of the current president. A permanent symbol that he will leave behind for the people of this country. But this does not really solve our basic problem of housing and decentralization. Did anyone even ask the current government what happened to its policy of decentralization? Under its previous policy, Laamu was being built as one of the central islands but look at its condition now, same thing with Addu Villingili, former tourism minister from addu try to speed up the process of opening Villingili as a resort and he quickly gets sidelined. Tell me what the current government did to decentralize. NONE. The schools in the atolls are in dire condition. i cant believe that there are people who still thinks and argue that the schools are in great shape. Well why don’t you go and ask the people of these islands... and they will tell you what their life is like.. its just sad really sad.. Again on the issue of decentralization, remember the time when roads of male' were being paved, and the president opened a fund for everyone to help. I remember boats arriving in the harbors of Male; bringing sand, stones ..etc for the construction.even the amount of materials brought by islands to male' got read on TVM 8:00 news. it became a compeition to see which island can please maumoon the most. I was a kid at the time and I use to think, look at these people, they are destroying their own island and its ecosystem to come and pave the way for the people of this one Island, so that the kids in Male' can go to school without wetting their shoes, the elites can drive their cars on smooth streets. How could a government do this to its own people. How could the current president let such a thing happen. Yet you want to say that 50% of Maldivian don’t hate maumoon.. It is around this time I use to see this slide that television Maldives always puts up after the 6:00 prayer, which reads "Dhivehi raajey ge malamathi, Male' reecha..." I cant remember the exact words but loosely it was saying the beauty of Male' is a reflection of our Maldives progress or something of that nature..
Now i am not a Male' hater. I grew up in Male to a middle income family and yes we people of male' did and still do enjoy a huge percentage of our resources. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to get a higher education But i have also lived and experienced the life in the islands. There is a sense of peace and serenity there a place of idyllic beauty.. These simple people are not asking to transform their islands to Tokyo but simply an access to medication and education.. maumoon could not provide these. Again this is my opinion..just simply ask the people what they do when they get sick, ask them what they do when they want to get a higher education, or what they do when they want to get a job...
Yet you tell us that 50% of the people don’t hate Maumoon. Maybe you might want to talk about what is there to really love him... I find his actions disgusting. I find he and his wife’s family appalling when they continue to misuse public funds. I am sure you will ask me to prove this.. I have no proof but that’s exactly how dictators work. Nothing is in the public domain, nothing gets checked, the people do not have access to the records, journalists are prosecuted or loose their jobs when they try to investigate. You might not believe me on these things but ask every Maldivian and they will have a lot of stories about a lot of very unfortunate people and i certainly don’t wont to become one.
yes i do feel ashamed of being a coward ...for not being able to stand up for this current president and his cronies. i do ask forgiveness from the people of the islands for letting this happen while i hide behind this screen. I ask for forgivness from the next generation for not standing up when I very well know that the current president is destroying our tomorow.