Make wise choices – Local Council Election

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The upcoming Local Council Election will be country’s first ever multi-party Local Council election and yet one of the most competitive political rapture in the entire history of this lovely nation. The campaign has already boomed and some candidates are doing their campaigns heavily. It is believed that this Local Council Election will be very competitive and exhilarating.

In the modern day of politics, the most influential components of a campaign is how much he/she is willing to spend and the popularity among the people. Consequently, money is one of the most coherent factors of a campaign. In a civilized community, people choose based on policies and quality of the candidates and thereby the supporters will give donor and subsequently it is people’s money. But in our community, it is more like buying votes with peanuts taking advantage out of innocence of the ordinary people rather than winning with genuine support from the people.

What we decide today may impair our political recognition in the future. It has to be someone who is really committed to bring political and economic reform to our community; in fact he must be capable of doing it. It is not always necessary that the most influential figure is appropriate for the post.

I, therefore urge you to decide your choice based on vision, capability, and drive for economical, social and political development. Let there be no doubt that you made right choices by choosing someone who possess a good track record.

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I am glad to announce that after a very busy period of six months, finally I am here to share my view and ideas on various economic, social and political issues in the Maldives. It is great pleasure for me to reinvent my desire to share with you all. Insha Allah, very soon I will post an article that portray why the government have precariousely decided to impose a salary cap by deducting some percentage from civil servents salary. Please have your say on it and until then bye.. thank you

Dear Friends,

I am really sorry for not updating my blog for a long period of time. It was nothing but I was too busy and obsessed with my job.

Hopefully, I will resume blogging again at the beginning of June 2010, and thereby I will try my best to share my ideas and thoughts about various political, economical and social issues in around the the country.

Until then bye...

Thanking you,

Ismail Hassan Manik

Finally, verdict declared…. Umar Naseer a sore loser…

We have been fighting for justice since the day Umar Naseer closed down the party office in August 2009. Since then, we were denied the access to the party office, though we did our best to solve the situation peacefully and silently without any media hype. But Umar Naseer did all he can to demoralize us and abolish the party at any cost.

He then made a cosmetic council and decided to abolish the party and did what he thought was legitimate. We were wondering and so confident that we would win the case under any circumstances as he was doing everything against the code of conduct of IDP. We filed a case against cosmetic decision of Umar Naseer and co in the Election Commission with all necessary documents to prove that it was totally illegimate.

Finally, Election Commission declared its verdict and now its final and Umar Naseer has to go to the court if he wishes to challenge the decision of the Election Commission. We are sure that, Umar Naseer won’t challenge because, he has already lost the battle with us and he has nothing to do with IDP. Thus, he himself proven that he is a sore loser.

Umar Naseer - a courageous coward....

I have been in the political fore-front in the Maldives for last five years and most interestingly, I was following someone, whom I thought could be a real leader. Yes, the president of IDP, Mr. Umar Naseer, I would now call another dictator born.

Last few months have been really controversial as there was big media hype between MR. Umar Naseer and some of the council members. It was really confusing and IDP was inactive as a political party unlike once it was. The conflict began when Mr. Umar Naseer closed down the party office without the consent of the council and declared he is the president and therefore, it is up to him to decide when and where to open the office. This in particular is totally against the IDP’s regulation. Therefore, the claim is totally illegitimate.

He then publicly said the party will be abolished and did some of the most foolish mistakes ever a man can do. Thus, he wasn’t successful in any of the tactics he has so far used. Two weeks I was informed that, there is a presidential plea in the IDP office and those people who do not sign on the plea will be considered as unsupportive and thereby he will opt those two names for the council in order to fill the void left due to resignation of some of the council members due to various reasons. Again, it was totally against the regulation and a member can be temporarily elected into the council only with clear majority.

This week has sent a letter to Election Commission saying that, the party council unanimously decided to abolish the party. Now the question is, how could it be a legitimate decision where the half of the council members are totally against it and did not attended the council meeting? It was just a cosmetic decision and its one of his conspiracies he thinks would be effective to abolish the party.

I’ve made a call to one of the election officials and he was informed about the situation well and I am more than confident that, Mr. Umar Naseer will be a looser and a courageous coward. Legal actions are not very far from the consideration as I am now discussing with my lawyer about the issue.