A new political party – it's the season for political parties – is looming on the horizon comprising of all PhD. holders at its helm.
"The decision has been made to form a new political party," said Dr. Musthafa Luthfee, former Tourism Minister in an interview given to Al-Jazeera daily.
"Those at the vanguard working to form a new political party are Dr. Muhammad Waheed Hassan Manik with experience in the field of education and Dr. Muhammad Ali who has a doctorate in Environmental Studies," said Dr. Luthfee.
According to Dr. Luthfee there are many Maldivians on the neutral side of the political divide and this would provide an opportunity for them to participate in national politics.
"We reached a decision to form a new party because there are many out there with similar thinking and this should provide an opportunity for them to unite together to work towards the betterment of this nation."
"The initial 50 signatories necessary to form a political party have been already obtained and we are in the process of obtaining more signatories and expect to register ourselves as a political party in the near future," confirmed Dr. Luthfee.
Dr. Luthfee and Dr. Muhammad Waheed Hassan Manik have been part of the Gayyoom regime and for reasons best known to them had decided to cut their links with the aging dictator.
Dr. Muhammad Waheed Hassan Manik has long aspired to the Presidency but whenever push had come to shove had chickened out and run away but whenever others had put themselves on the line and gained some forward momentum Dr. Waheed comes back hoping to claim credit for others efforts. As the pro-Golhaa websites has aptly named, he is none other than Dr. 'Run-away' Waheed. But then people are basically intelligent enough to recognize the men from the boys and don't necessarily have to be told they are looking at someone in disguise.
Dr. Waheed was a former candidate for the MDP presidency but when he failed, left town and now that the hard work and sacrifice of others have paved the way to compete with President Gayyoom he is hoping to jump back on to the political bandwagon and posture himself as a Presidential hopeful.
Yet – yes, yet if he or Dr. Musthafa Luthfee cares a whit about the Maldivian people, 42% of whom live below the poverty line – according to the UN it's less than US$2.00 a day – it would be best if all united under the same banner to take Gayyoom out of the equation because he is not only a menace to society but whose presence endangers the security of this nation.
By Ali Rasheed, 6 November 2007 - published in http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/
1 comment:
Ali,
This is called DOCTORING THE VOTE.
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