Well we now have all these independent commissions and supreme courts and NGO's as well as foreign EU observers as well as local media and foreign media. We have laws about the election and we have agencies in charge of upholding the laws. we have observers who will monitor election vote boxes and counting mechanisms. We have a military and police ready for any uncivil actions.We have an improved Constitution and many political parties with 6 presidential hopefuls.There is little chance it can be rigged!!! i demand anyone who says that to leave the country and go watch elections in America and tell me that its rigged!!!
BUT i do believe that the4re will be attempts to make it seem rigged and attempts to rig it!!! Then again there is the play by Gayyoom of misusing government authority and funds and resources for his campaigning!!! That definitely is a foul in my game!!!
Election fraud is out but we have much bigger problems of voters who are eligible but not registered not being able to vote. We have the improper campaigning of candidates who buy votes and lie their way into getting votes!!!
We have many candidates who served to protect and promote the Dictator and now calling themselves fighters and leaders of Democracy...this election will be free and fair IF the people realize the wrong ways of these candidates and their lies and deception!! Rigging of votes will almost not happen!!!
THIS ELECTION WILL BE COMPARATIVELY FREE AND FAIR COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS REFERENDUMS!!!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
How would it END???
I seem to have got a good response to my previous articles supporting Anni and criticizing other candidates.While a lot of the comments i got addressed my grammar mistakes some also had credible idea and questions and points.The truth of the matter is though we all have our own theories and candidates nobody...i mean nobody is actually sure what will be the outcome of this election yet!!! That's the only fact we can be sure about!
While i support MDP candidacy for certain i am not sure they have a guaranteed ticket to presidency.Since so many people seem to support Hassan and Gayyoom still Then comes questions of what do we do if we goi to a second round and our favored candidate is not through?
What do you think? Second round Anni Gayyoom ? Hassan Anni? Gayyoom and Hassan?
What ever it is heres my plan! I will stand by Anni until he gets disqualified...IF he gets so then i will stand by the candidate the party endorses! If that does not hap[pen i will vote against Gayyoom probably..not yet definite!
Then we have the question of gayyoom winning the election! What do we do then? All the party's go on protest or do we accept the decision is of the people?
This is a BIG question!!!! Let us think about it..sleep over it...read more on it...and then decide..it is our future!!!
While i support MDP candidacy for certain i am not sure they have a guaranteed ticket to presidency.Since so many people seem to support Hassan and Gayyoom still Then comes questions of what do we do if we goi to a second round and our favored candidate is not through?
What do you think? Second round Anni Gayyoom ? Hassan Anni? Gayyoom and Hassan?
What ever it is heres my plan! I will stand by Anni until he gets disqualified...IF he gets so then i will stand by the candidate the party endorses! If that does not hap[pen i will vote against Gayyoom probably..not yet definite!
Then we have the question of gayyoom winning the election! What do we do then? All the party's go on protest or do we accept the decision is of the people?
This is a BIG question!!!! Let us think about it..sleep over it...read more on it...and then decide..it is our future!!!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Sad day for dEMOCRACY...if..
well i do not wish to criticize people..but then again we do not ahve a democratic society yet..right now we have to take all measures to get democracy into Maldives. A friend of mine who watched the Hassan Saeed manifesto launching tonight said to me "there were about 1000+ people". Well yes there are even more people who do not understand the whole process.People who still are new to dirty politics and history.Sad but thats the truth.
If by Hassan popularity he wins...we will have to accept it as the peoples choice! Then that day would be a SAD day for Maldives and DEMOCRACY!
The election will be the beggining of a democratic governance int he Maldives. If it starts with bad seeds the fruits will not be sweet. I do not doubt Hassans intelligence or ability to relate Quranic verses like a good poet, or his smart looks.I ODUBT his ability to form and hold a government. I doubt his in experience in the Maldives. I doubt his choices of political allies. I doubt his manifesto which is quite surprisingly similar to that of the DRP.
Hence i do not wish to sya anything more to those firends and others who support him...it would be a very sad day for DEMOCRACY if he gets elected in as president of the Free Democratic Maldives. He as a eprson who said he beleived wwe need ONE party and he who was very personal in crticising MDP and he who gave orders to lock up more than 400 protestors who were non violent!
Sigh...
If by Hassan popularity he wins...we will have to accept it as the peoples choice! Then that day would be a SAD day for Maldives and DEMOCRACY!
The election will be the beggining of a democratic governance int he Maldives. If it starts with bad seeds the fruits will not be sweet. I do not doubt Hassans intelligence or ability to relate Quranic verses like a good poet, or his smart looks.I ODUBT his ability to form and hold a government. I doubt his in experience in the Maldives. I doubt his choices of political allies. I doubt his manifesto which is quite surprisingly similar to that of the DRP.
Hence i do not wish to sya anything more to those firends and others who support him...it would be a very sad day for DEMOCRACY if he gets elected in as president of the Free Democratic Maldives. He as a eprson who said he beleived wwe need ONE party and he who was very personal in crticising MDP and he who gave orders to lock up more than 400 protestors who were non violent!
Sigh...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
WHY ANNi and Waheed!!!
Lets hope i can do this short!This seems to be a question a lot of people especially young people ask. I will put forward arguments and facts that were discussed amongst some of my friends.
In 1989 there was a movement for change in the Maldives. There were some few but fearless members of the Majilis who spoke out against the government. They criticized the Gayyoom regime and proposed new bills at the parliament that would have brought about many changes towards a proper democracy.Their actions were halted by violent arrests and intimidation by the NSS. The National Security Force and the Bimbi force [a group of Gayyoom supporters] harassed the reformists and locked them up and resulted in many Maldivians going back into a regressive life of fear. The most prominent candidate who got locked up the most was Mohammed Nasheed [ Anni]. He was a history buff as well as a good writer. His articles in "illegal" magazines were feared but popular read for many citizens who had suffered under Gayyooms rule. When Anni got arrested in the early 90's for being outspoken and critical Waheed [who had won a very competitive seat at the Majilis against the then Minister of Defense] ran a black ribbon campaign amongst the majilis members to protest against the illegal detention of Anni. Anni was THE figure of change and the movement of Democracy in the 90's and as we know today as well. People criticize Dr.Waheed but remember though he left Maldives those days to protect his life and in fear of intimidation and arrest and later when he lost elections in MDP he still has to be given credit for proposing the first human rights bill to the Majilis in the 90's. He was in the education Ministry and brought about a simple radical change that affected so many lives in Male'. He changed the regulation that school children had to attend schools closer to their homes when at the time mothers carried children along unpaved roads and wet puddles in rainy days for about 20 miniutes to get them to school. Then in the past five years Anni has lead the reform movement that created space for Political Party's and free media. He has changed the mind set of many Maldivians to demand for rights and express. Yes he did say he did not want to be president but he always promised to bring down Gayyoom. Then when the people of MDP the largest opposition proposed his name and pushed him to be the president if he had declined he would have killed the whole movement of change.Who better than the person who brought us this far? They started this together...Dr.waheed and Anni...let them have the chance to bring the change we all want...if not..they have created us the space and made us realize we will not accept a failed government anymore.
The most popular candidate next seems to be Dr.Hassan Saeed. Lets remember the past. History repeats itself. Dr.Hassan and Dr.Shaheed together tried in vain to kill the refrom movement and MDP. Remember the weapons of mass construction the MNDF found at Haruge on Hassans claims? hehe. Remember Dr. Shaheed said that a few people as usual on fridays appeared aat the Black Friday gathering when he gave interview to international Media? well Hassan also in DRP supported a ONE party policy and Promoted Gayyoom. Shaheed told BBC that Maumoon was father of Democracy. Then the three of them form a party and call themselves democratic. I wonder how many members voted in their party to choose Hassan as a candidate.NONE!! He is a self proclaimed leader of the people!!! Haassan seems toi be as put forward by one friend " modernizer" of the exisitng regime. He paints it a different colour and adds bits to it but the backbone still is the same. These are all people who participated with Gayyoom. Remember the over 400 people who got locked up for calling golhaa Force and walking on Majeedee magu?? Wonder who gave that order!
track records are always important...none of these people have got or given us enough proof that they are for change and the peoples better lives than Anni and Waheed. This is why it is Anni and Waheed!!! They stand for democracy ...always have and hopefully will...tonigths at the MDP gathering Anni said "if we fail after we win the elections to deliver...you can vote us out...this time when you vote for Anni and Waheed you are voting for yourself".
I cant promise they would be "perfect"...they could be worse..but for sure they would not be a dictator who would hold onto power as they are THE people who let us ahve the power to decide!!! This is peoples RULE! This is democracy!
In 1989 there was a movement for change in the Maldives. There were some few but fearless members of the Majilis who spoke out against the government. They criticized the Gayyoom regime and proposed new bills at the parliament that would have brought about many changes towards a proper democracy.Their actions were halted by violent arrests and intimidation by the NSS. The National Security Force and the Bimbi force [a group of Gayyoom supporters] harassed the reformists and locked them up and resulted in many Maldivians going back into a regressive life of fear. The most prominent candidate who got locked up the most was Mohammed Nasheed [ Anni]. He was a history buff as well as a good writer. His articles in "illegal" magazines were feared but popular read for many citizens who had suffered under Gayyooms rule. When Anni got arrested in the early 90's for being outspoken and critical Waheed [who had won a very competitive seat at the Majilis against the then Minister of Defense] ran a black ribbon campaign amongst the majilis members to protest against the illegal detention of Anni. Anni was THE figure of change and the movement of Democracy in the 90's and as we know today as well. People criticize Dr.Waheed but remember though he left Maldives those days to protect his life and in fear of intimidation and arrest and later when he lost elections in MDP he still has to be given credit for proposing the first human rights bill to the Majilis in the 90's. He was in the education Ministry and brought about a simple radical change that affected so many lives in Male'. He changed the regulation that school children had to attend schools closer to their homes when at the time mothers carried children along unpaved roads and wet puddles in rainy days for about 20 miniutes to get them to school. Then in the past five years Anni has lead the reform movement that created space for Political Party's and free media. He has changed the mind set of many Maldivians to demand for rights and express. Yes he did say he did not want to be president but he always promised to bring down Gayyoom. Then when the people of MDP the largest opposition proposed his name and pushed him to be the president if he had declined he would have killed the whole movement of change.Who better than the person who brought us this far? They started this together...Dr.waheed and Anni...let them have the chance to bring the change we all want...if not..they have created us the space and made us realize we will not accept a failed government anymore.
The most popular candidate next seems to be Dr.Hassan Saeed. Lets remember the past. History repeats itself. Dr.Hassan and Dr.Shaheed together tried in vain to kill the refrom movement and MDP. Remember the weapons of mass construction the MNDF found at Haruge on Hassans claims? hehe. Remember Dr. Shaheed said that a few people as usual on fridays appeared aat the Black Friday gathering when he gave interview to international Media? well Hassan also in DRP supported a ONE party policy and Promoted Gayyoom. Shaheed told BBC that Maumoon was father of Democracy. Then the three of them form a party and call themselves democratic. I wonder how many members voted in their party to choose Hassan as a candidate.NONE!! He is a self proclaimed leader of the people!!! Haassan seems toi be as put forward by one friend " modernizer" of the exisitng regime. He paints it a different colour and adds bits to it but the backbone still is the same. These are all people who participated with Gayyoom. Remember the over 400 people who got locked up for calling golhaa Force and walking on Majeedee magu?? Wonder who gave that order!
track records are always important...none of these people have got or given us enough proof that they are for change and the peoples better lives than Anni and Waheed. This is why it is Anni and Waheed!!! They stand for democracy ...always have and hopefully will...tonigths at the MDP gathering Anni said "if we fail after we win the elections to deliver...you can vote us out...this time when you vote for Anni and Waheed you are voting for yourself".
I cant promise they would be "perfect"...they could be worse..but for sure they would not be a dictator who would hold onto power as they are THE people who let us ahve the power to decide!!! This is peoples RULE! This is democracy!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
TIME TO WAKE UP
We have waited so long for Gayyoom to face a question and answer session wehich we say tonight at the Siyaasath Program...my ahts off tot he rpesenter who did quite well while we ahve to realise the grip of Gayyoooms regime still holds us silent in somany ways even subliminally. Gayyoom asnwered so many questions with "SSimply Not True". The ever famous lines that im pretty sure Hill and Knowlton who Dr.Shaheed [Hassan Saeeds] jogging partner brought to Maldives gave to him. Well asking him questions of religion does seemt o irritate him most. While hes a learned scholar of Islam he sure took his time and dodged the questions skillfully like the 30 year experienced dictator he is. Then again religion is his own. Then he made the blunder of saying he DO NOT use religion as a tool for political gain. YEA RIGHT!
I SAY to all those candidates who recite Ayath form the Holy Quran...dman you people stop using religion as a political card...ti seems to be a last card thigng as well!! nOW THEY ARE ALL SELLLING RELIGION WHEN THEY ASK PEO-PLE TO VOT EFOR THEM JSUT FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS know how....then again who gives points for that???
Anyway it seems its now time for us all to take this very seriosuly and decide on who we like...shall wwe argue?..ill sketch every candidate in simple terms as i could..of course im quite bisaed to Anni
I SAY to all those candidates who recite Ayath form the Holy Quran...dman you people stop using religion as a political card...ti seems to be a last card thigng as well!! nOW THEY ARE ALL SELLLING RELIGION WHEN THEY ASK PEO-PLE TO VOT EFOR THEM JSUT FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS know how....then again who gives points for that???
Anyway it seems its now time for us all to take this very seriosuly and decide on who we like...shall wwe argue?..ill sketch every candidate in simple terms as i could..of course im quite bisaed to Anni
Hassan Saeed- Politically not mature, Umar Naseer- Doesn’t understand Democratic values, Ibrahim Ismail- Doesn’t play team game well, Gasim Ibrahim- Rich and Generous but not a politician or Diplomat, Idham Adam- WHO???, Dr.Waheed- Unreliable and weak, Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom-Dictator for over 30 years, Mohammed Nasheed [Anni] –Freedom Activist who opened our minds and brought the CHANGE!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Time to DECIDE...!!!
It s been a long and worthy fight for Democracy. Since September 19...since Black Friday..Since the NSS turned against the countries own people...since the world realised the Maldivian dictators wrath...since Mohammed Nasheed [Anni] came to Maldives from exile and since MDP registred as the first political party in the Maldives and since so many hundreds of people spent many nights in Dhoonidhoo prison for simply voicing their rightful concerns and since free media was made popular and legal and since independant radio channels and since freedom and rights street demonstrations and since more than enhough political aprties registred and now compete for presidency...WOW...simply..WOW>..well lets see now with our new constitution are we really free??? Have we seen a fair campaign of candidates for the first democratic governance of Maldives?
I will simply go to the point here...i support Anni...simply because he has been a Heroe this country pages of history will name many a times...he is definitely been mroe true to the cause longer than any one else...ok the second most popular candidate amongst my friends is Hassan Saeed...who doesnt have a politcal party and who looks and sounds so much like a young Gayyoom...hes not had enough experience in the maldives...he in my opinion needs to be here bit longer and become more politically mature...he could be good...but then he has does not attract or have the best people arouns him either...i eman Dr.Shaheeds a good liar...a true politican..the one who told the world no one was shot in the jails...and said MDP was making weapons..and so many other thigns includinbg the Hill and Knowlton incident...anyway lets leave them and people aside..elts focus onh why i support Anni..well hes not the best presidential choice of character..hes more reveloutionary...then again as the alrgest opposition party MDP members chose him as president..as a true reveloutionary he did not give a blind ear.. he stepped up and he has refined his mannerism and thoughts to mroe presidential material than i ever thought he could be...NOBODY can actually go through any new policies that they seem to flaunt during campaign...i eman theres so much to clean upo with the emss gayyoom has left behind...so the simple ideals presented by MDP is enough to convince me...then again Anni seems to be the only candidate who did not refer to himself when talking about his term..he referd to MDP as running the government if they win...well i sure hope they do...thats it for toinight...ill ratlle more soon..
I will simply go to the point here...i support Anni...simply because he has been a Heroe this country pages of history will name many a times...he is definitely been mroe true to the cause longer than any one else...ok the second most popular candidate amongst my friends is Hassan Saeed...who doesnt have a politcal party and who looks and sounds so much like a young Gayyoom...hes not had enough experience in the maldives...he in my opinion needs to be here bit longer and become more politically mature...he could be good...but then he has does not attract or have the best people arouns him either...i eman Dr.Shaheeds a good liar...a true politican..the one who told the world no one was shot in the jails...and said MDP was making weapons..and so many other thigns includinbg the Hill and Knowlton incident...anyway lets leave them and people aside..elts focus onh why i support Anni..well hes not the best presidential choice of character..hes more reveloutionary...then again as the alrgest opposition party MDP members chose him as president..as a true reveloutionary he did not give a blind ear.. he stepped up and he has refined his mannerism and thoughts to mroe presidential material than i ever thought he could be...NOBODY can actually go through any new policies that they seem to flaunt during campaign...i eman theres so much to clean upo with the emss gayyoom has left behind...so the simple ideals presented by MDP is enough to convince me...then again Anni seems to be the only candidate who did not refer to himself when talking about his term..he referd to MDP as running the government if they win...well i sure hope they do...thats it for toinight...ill ratlle more soon..
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