Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Past can be Forgotten but not Forgiven!!!
Maybe it is getting too alte for the Civil Society or the government or Political parties or Figures to pursue the Re apyment of all the loss left behind by the Past Dictator gayyoom and his regime. Maybe it is out of fear of oneself being entangled in it that so many political and vocal figures refrain from a court case or human rights case or simply even the media to dig deep and find the truth behind all the lies and deceipt by Gayyoom. For one thing i beleive you cannot start a new without cleaning up the past. Its like going to the dentist...you expect him to clean all his tools before he begins to poke inside your mouth with his instruments...you do not want the previous patients miscrobes being transfered to your mouth and im sure you can imagine where im getting at...So my big question is WHY refraine??? Human Rights NGO's are quite young and lack the technical aspects to deal with such issues and they do not ahve the knowledge...but im sure so many other authorities and pooliticians and parties have enough evidence...if we are to set an example of Gayyoom being set free without even a trial that cleans his records of the horrors in the jails and the torture of innocent and the malnutrition of islanders...do we also set free the peadophiles and rapists without a charge??? I do not understand it...Anni could say he will not pursue on his own...but shouldnt someone else be doing it??? where is the Maldivian Human Rights Commission ??? i beleive Nan reethi Saleem should resign if he refrains from carrying out atleast an investigation...dowsnt matter if there is no evidence..just follow a standard procedure...if we do not then anni and his government might commit such attrocities aswell and we would end up at the same place...!!!!Who ends up loosing??? The Fish??Also i do not say we should hold on to the past as so much it regresses our ability to develop and go forward!!!
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The President took an oath to uphold the constitution.
The constitution lays out what are crimes. The government must enforce the laws.
To talk about "reconcilation" is offensive to the constitution.
After the law has been applied, maybe there is constitutional grounds for a pardon.
How do you pardon a man who has not been convicted of a crime?
Indeed. As for conviction, certainly all possible avenues must be sought to investigate Maumoon. However, it should not end at that. I don't want a single one who was complicit in his affairs let off easy (least of all people like Ibrahim Hussein Zaki). Everyone must be treated with equal contempt and indifference at the same time. And every case of corruption unearthed must be tried with equal vehemence. Let us not forget that Maumoon was not president for 30 years on his own.
We should also not forget that until MDP surfaced not a single government official voiced any concerns. Even afterward people like Hassan Saeed spoke up (doing a complete turnabout from his initial pro-Maumoon stance) only in anticipation of the presidential elections.
what is Re apyment
Anni should could make sure the proper authorities investigate and put the guilty on trial...but do we need a witch hunt?...as you say Zaki from todays government was in the past government too and is notorious for so many thigns...
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