The assassination attempt on the life of President Gayoom is to be utterly condemned, but it illustrates the real desperation that the people of the Maldives now feel after nearly 30 years of his autocratic rule revealed Dr. Hassan Saeed in a letter published in the Guardian of United Kingdom.
“Last year I resigned from his government as attorney general, together with the justice minister, Mohamed Jameel, and the foreign minister, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, over his failure to implement democratic reforms in the islands, despite huge international pressure and his human rights abuses” Dr. Hassan in the letter to the Guardian.
Dr. Hassan noted that nearly half of Maldivians are living in absolute poverty on just over a dollar a day in a country which is widely regarded as a paradise in the west and that the government conducts widespread campaign of intimidation and sometimes violence against his political opponents, which includes accusations of being terrorists without any justification.
However, after years of struggle he has now finally agreed to hold elections in November which will give the people of the Maldives a chance to pass their verdict noted Dr. Hassan Saeed, former Attorney General.
“We have formed the New Maldives Movement to give the people a real alternative to his rule and will be working with the United Nations, the European Union, the Commonwealth and the international community to ensure that the elections are free and fair” writes Dr. Hassan.
At stake is a truly democratic Muslim state which could act as a model for other Muslim countries around the world notes Dr. Hassan, Presidential Candidate of New Maldives Movement.
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