Will President Nasheed be just like President Maumoon?
President Nasheed changed government structure and appointed 14 ministers immediately after coming to office. After a few days 14 state ministers and some other senior officials were appointed. As a start, his government has also decided to close down a trade related office in Singapore which would serve no useful purpose under the new government. Obviously these are measures taken to reduce government expenditure.
Almost all the state minister portfolios are given as political gifts, as some likes to call it. Some says this is exactly what the previous president did – and nobody can blame them for saying it. Speculation now is that, President Nasheed will be ‘forced’ to live in Theemuge and keep the presidential retreat Aarah through a parliamentary resolution!
Those who voted for a change obviously voted expecting change. Their hopes are still high and will remain so until proven otherwise. If proven otherwise, they are willing to stand up and fight for change just like the fights they had with previous government.
Well said. I am posting below comments I posted in Inaaya’s blog about this issue.
Posted 12 months agoI said: “The media is ominously silent at this time.
Even where I work there is this atmosphere that we “need to give time to these new people.”
I think it’s bullshit.
When Sept 11 attacks occurred, this kind of uncritical mood went on for days, but thanks to David Letterman, he returned to his old self and the whole media followed.
I think it’s time that the media start to critically analyse what Anni is doing. This whole messy Cabinet thing and his appointment of Presidential MPs and so many state ministers which goes against the spirit of the Constitution.
If we don’t criticise Anni’s government at these early stages, we cannot hope to correct the mistakes later.
But even where I work, I am finding it difficult to strike this point home.
So I am waiting silently too to see what happens. I don’t believe in “give Anni more time” thing. He has a whole lot of bright minds and great resources at his disposal and I don’t think he has a right to be taking these stupid steps at this early stage.”