Yesterday saw another blow to the country’s democratisation effort. Crooks from the former regime have taken control of the legislative branch of government.
Many questions hang over Abdulla Shahid’s head. A man tainted by serious allegations of corruption, he was dismissed as Gayoom’s Executive Secretary in the 2005 reshuffle. He managed to rehabilitate himself in a short period of time and remoulded his image within DRP as a respectable statesman. He is to be congratulated for this achievement. But still, the people have a pretty good idea of what he had been up to while in office.
It’s best not to dwell too much on the new Deputy Speaker Nazim. The auditor-general’s reports speak for themselves. Nazim is currently under investigation and it is likely that the courts will eventually find him guilty of embezzlement.
Yet it is these two gentlemen who hold the leadership positions of the Majlis.
This situation is a stark contrast to that taking place in the British Parliament now. The scandal where MPs were revealed to have claimed dubious expenses from public funds for things like a duck pond has claimed eleven casualties already. These members have announced that they will not contest the next election. Most notably the Speaker himself had to go after drawing criticism for trying to cover-up the cases.
Even the slightest whiff of corruption is not tolerated in one country while the guilty are rewarded in the other.
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