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In a 'raazuvaa' (Maldivian Chess) challenge match, the player who wins the last three games swaggers away in triumph, irrespective of how many rounds were played earlier and who won them. Winning the Thimarafushi seat in the re-poll scheduled for 11 July would give MDP a raazuvaa type chance to walk away like a winner, despite the setbacks it suffered in the main Majlis elections.
For DRP on the other hand, a defeat for Ghassan, scion of their beloved 'Zaeem,' at the hands of Thimarafushi Mustafa, more famous till now as a sea cucumber merchant, is unthinkable. DRP revolves around Zaeem and Ghassan is his anointed successor.
Earlier, the High Court of Maldives had annulled the results of the two ballot boxes polled in Thimarafushi on 9th May, citing the prevailing atmosphere, which in its opinion was not conducive to a free and fair election. The Court ordered a re-poll be conducted after establishing a more ambient atmosphere. This has left the two main candidates gunning for each other.
Miadhu Daily reports that Mustafa believes some people had spread stories and created confusion and doubts on the situation in Thimarafushi on Election Day. He says these stories were spread after Ghassan was sure of defeat. Mustafa also claims he has information that DRP is sending a group of gangsters to destabilize Thimarafushi and cause unrest.
In the meanwhile, Ghassan Maumoon has told DhiTV that the atmosphere in Thimarafushi is still not conducive for free or fair voting. He said election commission members and a large number of police officers must remain on the island to ensure peaceful and calm voting. Ghassan also complained that he had not been given the opportunity to hold a rally in the island.
Mustafa's chief weapon against Ghassan appears to be to raise chauvinistic feelings in Thimarafushi, playing on the fact that Ghassan is from Male. Ghassan's tactic appears to be to appeal to the youth by emphasizing Mustafa's age, calling him Mustafa Bey, which in Dhivehi has a double meaning (elder brother/old man).
According to an analyst, going by the results (not officially released) of the valid vote boxes in Guraidhoo, Gaadhiffushi and elsewhere, Ghassan has a lead of approximately 260 votes in hand. Mustafa needs to gain two thirds of the Thimarafushi vote to cover this deficit and win. This is not as difficult as it seems because Mustafa had earlier gained that much and more in the canceled results.
16 comments:
it's really shoking how uncivillzed this election campaign is running. if this democracy we dont want it.
a choice between a thug and a spoiled brat?
Is this the democracy we want
not allowing ghassan to land in thimarafushi will prove costly to Mustafa.
is there no one better for thimarafushi?
dr. waheed if you really wants to do your job please concentrate on your field, so that public can trust you, our community needs people like you and others who can do something rather than talking about the drugs and getting publicity like gayoom and dr. wise president waheed,
we people of maldives needs actions right now to cut the supply routes of and even the demand, and if i was in majilis you guys will never find an excuse not arresting the other five drug traffickers. i've heard so many time politician calling vabaa.. emmeh hithaamaveri .. emmeh bodu massala .. dhiveraaje yah kuri mathivefaa vanee masthuvaa thakehchey .. and now even in huthubaa .. and now you guys blaming this whole lot to public .. emmen vegeney huhtuveyneee .. what is this , we have more 3000 police, 1000 cutoms, MNDF another 5000 or more ..what's thier responsibility, on TV we see all the time addicts telling roaming around, calling them self sick people, i haven't seen any police guy giving interview on the drugs day or even customs, so after five months the addicts will do the police part and customs also .. thank you
now at least we know the quality of people who are running the government.
Previously the government was accused of interfering with vote. Present government admits it is interfering. So who is better?
We want Mustafa. If he is thug, at least he is 'our' thug. If he is crooked, that's 'our' character. if he is dhamaa kandaa, that is 'our' profession. we want one of our own.
Ghassan knows he will not win in Mustafa's own island.He just wants to uphold the law. That's all.
dr. waheed please give some answer or your opion on that drug comment by anonymous, and about w presidents role what do you think he's doing? do think he's got any clue whats he's bluffing and marketing the heroin trade in maldives , by saying 30 kilos of heroin is need for one month and it's profit? do you think it's good idea to take import duty from hashih and allow the people to use it in order to get rid of heroin ? cause in reality you know thats available in male in abundence ? please give me some answers .. or do you think this government will building jails and rehabilitation in each province so that half of all population be in jail just like home minister said, lui jalu , gadha jalu , resort jalu , kudakudhin jalu , terrorits jalu, etc ...
To Anon 6.34. “lui jalu , gadha jalu , resort jalu , kudakudhin jalu , terrorits jalu...” You have put this very nicely. I don’t believe any number of jails will solve the problem by itself. In fact, I believe attempting to jail ALL addicts was a big mistake, which resulted in converting simple addicts into hardened criminals. Notice the word ‘ALL.’ There are some drug offences that require jail sentences and even death sentence. But not ALL.
Alcohol and hashish are controversial topics even in the west. So in a Muslim country the only realistic option is to keep them banned.
For treatment, there is need for counselors, a capable manager, money and more physical facilities.
When you that you say 'Alcohol and hashish are controversial topics even in the west'
Does this imply that it is the case in Maldives too.
It is not a choice between a thug and a spoilt brat. But between a thug and a thug!! This Ghassan guy was the guy behind running the hate website factmaldives.com with bohmondhoodh. This guy has thugs surrounding him all over the place. He is a thug in its true sense of the word!
Did any listen to the VP's speech recently given at DRC in Himmafushi? If you listened to between the lines, you will understand that government deliberately increase the supply of drugs in the Maldives.
Let us allow bars to open in Maldives, in a civilized way. Let us allow mild drugs. Let us allow discos, let us allow basic freedom including being intoxicated. I don't mean being intoxicated all the time. "konme meehaku ves konmeves iraku hama in netti hunnaane. Mi ee hageegathe."
When the ruling party candidate denies High Court ruling,
When the Police culdnt make a decision for 18 hours,
When the Home Minister lies in parliment,
When the government wouldn't give a damn cause it was opposition leaders who couldn't go to Thimarafushi,
THAT my friend, is MOMMA Democreysi Poppats or better known as "ANEH Dhivehi Raajje".
peace out.
MJ
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