not a "cloud" in the sky

as i said before gasim has sided with gayoom. hmmm this may have come as a surprise for many people but i have been reiterating that gasim is not a true freedom fighter. Wakeup Maldives, don’t you all see that all these business people who have gotten rich are people who have been spoon fed by maumoon. These are the pillars that’s holding the current administration in power. now i don’t have anything personal against gasim, but lets deconstruct this somewhat mythical figure.. gasim grew up under illiyas- the first ladies brother-now the health minister - former convicted criminal. under the permission from the top brass of this country gasim was given the sole import/distribution rights for oil. he didn’t work for it nor sweat for it like true entrepreneurs, it fell right on his lap. anyways soon he was to become the richest man in Maldives through the money he amassed from the exclusive oil rights. like they say rich gets richer, soon his assets grew from a fleet of ships to a fleet of resorts. today he is the minister of finance, under the current administration. next on his list will be to create a media empire. this is a figure that’s starting to remind me of Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. unlike most other business figures in Maldives, gasim gave away hundreds of scholarships for Maldivian students under a prerequisite of the world bank loan that he took. often his supporters will table his scholarship scheme as a reason to support this figure. please people wake up!! here is a business figure who has taken so much of our money. open your eyes and look at the resorts and his assets. These business people have an obligation to its people. i am truely greatful for his scholarships but that does not mean he is a good leader. nor does that mean that he is forgivan for the money he took from the people of this country. anyways his supporters should come up with something better than saying "gasim gave scholarships"
i bet we will start to see hundreds of posts and articles appearing about how gasim will try to transform the current administration. how he will try to fight the people from the inside. come-on people this is a guy who has got his life at stake. i cant believe that all this time people were banking on this figure. its like putting all the eggs in one basket. with the snap of the finger maumoon can just take away his resort and fleet of ship and throw him on the street. all this time he was protecting his own assets and slowly feeding his hunger for power.
my guess is this- when maumoon leaves he wants to make sure they install one of their figures so that the money, their business interest, and post maumoon prosecutions will be protected. whola! enters gasim a figure that has blinded the public with his greens. gasim has been protecting his assets so either way in a post maumoon era his business will be safe. when i saw the news about gasim given the permission to establish a TV station i knew the deal between maumoon and gasim has been closed.
so how will this effect the mdp?? i think gasim going to drp will be a good thing for mdp. slowly this party will start to become a real peoples party. its time mdp weed out fake patriots and freedom fighters. we are in need of a party that has no hidden agendas and one who does not run on greens but rather on values.

i can not guarentee that the above writing is factual. these are what i see and what i hear. if i have given wrong facts you are welcome to correct them.

by the way,, i was just going through my previous posts and came across this post i wrote almost a year ago when gasim was jailed.. http://mymaldives.blogspot.com/2004/10/sleepless-in-maldives.html