Stop Partying and Start Moving

I apologize for the long hiatus. I have been pretty busy with work and everything else. Two important things happened during my absence from the blog.
1) The failed mass gathering organized by MDP for the 10th of November 2006
2) The expulsion of Mavota Shareef (MP Addu) from MDP and the expected departure of some high ranking MDP personals to the new party to be formed by the former MDP president Ibra.

The gathering organized by the MDP was doomed from the start. I fail to understand how MDP could have envisioned a mass gathering to the capital when most of the islanders live below $1 a day. Where would they get the money to travel, where are they going to stay, what are they going to do once they arrive. Besides, in Maldives most of the people who are rich enough to own a boat (dhoni) are connected to the Regime (how else could they have gotten rich). It was simply a matter of cutting off the transportation by the government. A simple task. A few brave people tried only to be made an example to the rest of the country of what would befall to anyone who tried to join this demonstration. Maldives in not Venezuela or Ukraine or even Nepal. Its MALDIVES something most people in MDP seem to constantly forget.

This event was further marred with the division within MDP, specially by personals like mavota shareef, modee, shihaab and various other members that I cant remember off hand. To further this rift these individuals even went as far as going public with their opposition to such a demonstration. This was no way to strengthen the trust we have on this party. This split was definitely taken advantage by the ruling DRP party by giving them airtime.

I think it was very wise of MDP to call off the gathering. It would have turned out to be like the other failed gathering's of MDP where the turnout is always way lower than expected. Which ultimately strengthens the position of DRP.

However, paradoxically, I think the best thing that happened to MDP is actually this rift and the subsequent departure of these individuals from the party (some of these departures have not been officially made public). First with Ibra, Mavota, Modee, and hopefully Shihaab. These are people who are trying to transform a popular movement to a "real political party". In my view MDP should always remain as a movement. MDP has always garnered much of their support from the youth of this country and the reason being that we saw MDP as a popular MOVEMENT. If MDP was to play the political party game they are doomed to fail. How can they play party politics when DRP owns the majority of the parliament. When DRP owns all the business tycoons of this nation. When DRP owns the budget of this country. All MDP has is the grassroots’ support... The youth who would rule this country one day.

Iliyaas (first lady's brother)- is too old for the Maldivian people on top of his corruption scandals. Yameen (presidents half brother)- has no support from the public, old and young included. He just carries a handful of his business associates. Soon getting too old for the youths liking. He seems to be getting more and more impatient as he knows time is running out for him. Buruma Gasim (Iliyas previous servant boy and today, richest man in Maldives)- Uneducated for our liking, a traitor, and unfairly monopolized Maldives business. The master of killing the small business sector of this nation. The New Maldives boys- they are young and well educated. But I cant help but laugh at these bunch of kids who think the youth of this nation is behind them . We are not blind to see how you are servants of a master. These kids claim to bring change from the inside. The trouble being inside is, once you are inside one fails to see the outside.

Ultimately I think the rift and the failed gathering will strengthen MDP in the long run. This has weeded individuals who are working for their own personal gain. I think with these peoples departure MDP will attract more and more educated youths. This is what MDP needs. Not some sitting ducks on the parliament. Who cares if MDP has parliament members in the party. I certainly do not, because these Parliament members can change nothing- Absolutely nothing. They can argue and boom the halls of the parliament with rhetoric but nothing will ultimately change. A good example is the recent debate on the budget. The so called MPs of MDP failed. Many eventually voted for this fat budget.

Lets look at the budget. The budget was enormous. Now one should ask who is paying for this. Certainly not the resort owners. Certainly not the big businesses. Because the tax on their business has not increased. So ultimately it is the people who will foot the bill. A clever ploy by Burumaa Gasim (the richest man and the finance minister of Maldives) to kill off the medium business. This increase in the budget will slowly increase various government revenue generating mechanisms, eventually depleting the small business. Leaving the large corporations, like Villa, Universal, Lilly, Dimms and various other companies filling the gap. This was the reason why many of MDP MP's voted for it, as these individuals have vested business interest. Watch and see the small to medium business dwindle and be replaced by a few big corporations. I am personally proud of those individuals who voted against the budget. This vote was the perfect reflection of those who are fighting for the people and those who are fighting for the(ir) business interests. I think MDP should publicize the MP's who stood for the people and those who sold out. This was a big deal.......

MDP should stop the party politics and get back to the ideals of a popular movement which it was based on.

Freed

Anni has be released. Which is GREAT. Now what does this mean? what is maumoons strategy? why would he release anni..
Well.. for one thing he is not free as such.. rather he was released from house arrest but charges stays. Which will for sure be used in any moment when anni think of making trouble. How ever this is a stupid strategy, once anni is released there is no way they can drag him back without looking like a bunch of clowns in front of the international media and politics. Which maumoon and his gang might try nevertheless as they are a bunch of clown.. One thing he has to do is keep up the antimaumoon rhetoric. However given the circumstance of the deal between government and mdp, there might be a clause to stop this kind of antimaumoon rhetoric, given that maumoon is all about image and his stupid legacy that he wants to leave behind. .. i mean what more would an rich aging dictator on his way out need more than supposed legacy he would leave behind. Right now mdp stands in his way that could very well tarnish a fake history already written for the future.... in spite of what ever deal, anni needs to keep his anti maumoon voice loud... of course everyone wants change and democracy but a lot of people would also like to bring down maumoon in the most ugliest way imaginable. He has inflicted so much pain on so many ordinary people that to take him out of the picture silently will be a let down for a lot regardless of his age or whatever. Anni should keep bombasting maumoon to keep the energy high...

The support that anni got in addu and male on his return should send shivers down the maumoon gangs spine. This was a clear indication of the support the mdp still has in spite of their internal conflicts. Right now it seems that maumoons gang is focusing on the referendum and is going all out to convince the public that a presidential system will be the best. mdp will equate presidential system with maumoon and bank on peoples hate towards him to reject a presidential system. As i have been telling before anni can save us and i have faith in him. Right now, if the mdp plays it well they can win this referendum. I know i said that maumoon still has a clear majority of support as a president.. of course this is not because he is a better leader, just because people are returning the favor as well as they are forced to.. but i would think a referendum is much removed from maumoon and people will look at it more objectively i guess.. so there is a probability that maumoon's party will loose this... parliament has also passed that it will be government who would run the whole referendum process. This is totally messed since the election commission is made up of maumoons servant boys. i am sure mdp will come up with something.. or bring a whole lot of international observers..

New Kids On the Block

A new mask on an old face wont change anything. The so called new Maldives crowed is a group of young "educated" kids acting as a facade for the blatant corruption done under the eyes of poor Maldivian. MDP has written extensively about the rift between the new Maldives kids and the old guard within the regime. This is not true; there is no such rift. They are all sleeping the same bed. The public spats between the government officials are just a show, to convince people that there is change and accountability. It is a deception mechanism to convince people that there is accountability. Bloody wake up people.. Think of this... Does anyone.. anyone who is reading this think that any of the people NEW or OLD have the guts to even in the slightest manner to criticize let alone publicly challenge one of the gang members without the permission from the top. I can’t believe that people fall for this swindle. Maumoon is in power and everything that goes out to public is carefully scripted. The actions by the old and new are rehearsed and choreographed to fit their agenda.
What shames lie in these so-called educated youth. What good is their education, if it is used to keep the old wheels turning. So much public funds wasted on these youths. I would call it waste of their own youthful energy when they could be fighting for the people. Instead they spend the energy trying to fix and delude the public of their master’s actions. Frankly, they will get away with it. The regime will change, and people will forget what these kids did to this nation. Yet how can they spend the rest of their life with a clear conscience. How can they look at themselves and say, yes I have done something for the betterment of the society. Don’t these people know that in our eyes they are just fools dancing to their puppet master. In my eyes they are cowards, uneducated, uncivilized bunch of kids no different from the parteys roaming around the streets of this country. The parteys are addicted to drugs the new Maldives addicted to money. Both groups should be sent to rehab. Addiction is a disease.

The other group Business Maldives group; Dean, Champa, Buruma etc are the clown puppets who are out there throwing their money in the hope of buying poor Maldivian. Sure they can buy them. Most Maldivian live below UN poverty line, so a little bit of money means their rent, education for kids, food on the table. Why would they not get sold out. Regardless of how much people hate maumoon and in spite of the blatant pain inflicted on them, most Maldivian are forced to give up their morals and beliefs for their survival. Nice huh... its perfect.. deprive the people, get a bunch of people super rich and then buy them off.. like giving bits of cheese to a mouse.... Look at Buruma, he is lost on both sides.. the average Maldivian resents him now, the DRP resents him, Maumoon resents him. He is the perfect puppet. Rich and powerless. You would think with money comes power. Not in this case, Buruma is a lost case, he is the one who will be vilified the most in the coming months.. The people, DRP, and MDP will crush him in the public eyes. DRP will crush him as a punishment as well as his alignment with illiyas. MDP will crush him for him defecting to DRP and MDP will be forced to do it to get the voters support. The people of this country are tired of this puppet.

It will be a long time this country will get cleaned up. It is infested too deep for too long. It is not MDP or some new kids on the block that will save us.