Midhuam Saud(米渡）🇲🇻

For more than 8 years, I’ve done what many of us did, poured my time, energy, and sleepless nights trying to do what we believed was best for this country. We tore down parties, lifted others up, only to watch every single one fail us. Each disappointment worse than the last. After all these years, I’ve learned enough lessons, painfully, and at great cost. As I begin this 6,000 km journey across the Indian Ocean, I am absolutely sure about one thing: I will never again stand behind any existing political party or politician the way I used to. Call me not. That door is closed for good. I have given up on you all. I haven’t given up on the cause but only on the system, culture and belief that keeps giving us the same two factions and calling it the “only choice” When you, too, decide that this country deserves more than the same two options, each taking turns in destroying this country every fiver years - reach out and we will talk

Layaan (Dhombe), one of the youngest members of our team, started working alongside us on social issues when he was just 20. An exemplary young man who, despite working in the private sector, still makes time to engage in community work and discussions on important social issues. After a lot of convincing, he’s finally joined X @MohdLayaan ! Hope you’ll all give him a warm welcome and show him some support here! 💪🏾

This is new info to me. Earlier, the Housing Minister described it as a “tourism project” for which liquor licences would be issued in meetings with ilmuveringe gulhun too . Meanwhile, posters circulated by PNC supporters claimed that, as a residential project, it would also include educational facilities. It now appears those plans have changed. My earlier articles were based on those statements, which is why I wrote that liquor would be sold and facilities such as schools would be developed. If that is no longer the case, I stand corrected.

We live in a country where the healthcare our Political leader and MPs give us isn’t good enough for their families, the education isn’t good enough for their children, the banks for their money, the food for their tables, or public services for their needs. They build one system for us and another for themselves. And the cruel irony? Both systems are paid for with OUR tax money. If what they’ve built is good enough for us, why isn’t it good enough for them?

Finally J.S published their stand on the issue.

There was a time when Maale was a free port and an important trading hub in the Indian Ocean. Even Sri Lankans flew here to buy goods. We once had a regional trading advantage. What happened to it? @anedhivehirajje ~ People of the Maldive Islands by Clarence Maloney

The Embassy of Italy in Colombo and the Honorary Consular Agency in Maale have launched a fundraising initiative to support the family of MNDF Sergeant First Class Mohamed Mahudhee. The Embassy also announced that Manudhee will be awarded the Gold Medal for Civil Valour, the highest distinction conferred by the Italian Republic in recognition of acts of exceptional civil courage.

Today’s Asandha system is the product of nearly two decades of development under 5 Presidents. So why shouldn’t those same Presidents receive healthcare through the very system they built for the country? If former Presidents and MPs still require special healthcare privileges outside Asandha, what does that say about the healthcare system they’ve provided for ordinary citizens? If the system they built is good enough for the people, shouldn’t it be good enough for them too? Let that sink in.

HOW IT WAS Office Allowance: A fixed annual sum provided to former Presidents to maintain an office and undertake work serving society. Yet there was no oversight, accountability or auditing of how the money was spent. HOW IT IS Medical Allowance: Effectively an open-ended budget. Housing Allowance: Approximately 50,000 per month ( 600,000 annually). Financial Allowance: Up to MVR 50,000 per month. HOW IT COULD BE: Medical Allowance: Former Presidents should use the same Asandha system they established for ordinary citizens. Administrative priority may be justified, but there should be no preferential treatment in terms of what medical expenses are covered or how much public money is spent on treatment. Housing Allowance: Instead of handing out 600,000 annually, let former Presidents rent suitable accommodation, with the Government paying the actual rent directly. Why should taxpayers give housing allowances to people who already own land and houses? Financial Allowance: Rather than arbitrary figures, allowances should be determined with reference to the average monthly income of middle-class Maldivians and the country’s economic realities. MOST IMPORTANTLY: STOP HANDING OUT PUBLIC MONEY AS CASH Former Presidents’ offices should prepare annual budgets, just like other public institutions. The Ministry of Finance should oversee expenditure, settle approved payments directly, and ensure proper auditing and accountability. A former President’s office for instance is not a private office funded for personal convenience. It is a publicly funded institution, maintained with taxpayers’ money, and must be managed, regulated and audited like any other public office. These are proposals, not final answers. We need an open national debate to develop a fairer, more transparent and financially responsible system. The fundamental principle however is simple, public money must remain subject to public accountability, regardless of who receives it.

Key changes to the Former Presidents’ Benefits Act, effective since 6 December 2025: 1. Office allowances for former Presidents abolished. 2. Benefits suspended if re-elected President or appointed to another State office. 3. No State-funded security while residing abroad. 4. Former VPs who completed a full term entitled to MVR 30,000/month and healthcare at home and abroad. 5. Benefits for former Presidents/VPs and their spouses suspended upon conviction for crimes committed in office.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a map of the wider Middle East showing his country and the UAE aligned with a paramilitary in Sudan Israel and the UAE were shown as part of a “Hexagon Alliance”. The map showed Greece, Ethiopia and parts of India aligned with them. middleeasteye.net/news/netan…

Dhaandhoo MP Mohamed Fazeel, immediately after a meeting on Rasmale, made two astonishing statements: 1. The RasMale agreement need not be made public because an agreement between two individual parties is a private affair. 2. Not even a Terms Sheet Agreement has been signed yet. This is coming from an MP immediately after an info session on the very issue. Dear PNC, Rasmale is a matter of enormous national and political significance. At the very least, educate your MPs on the basics before sending them out to confuse the public further and fuel even more public outrage.

How a political party governs itself as a party reflects how it will govern the country when in power.

Between 2023 and 2026, Maldivian taxpayers have paid former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih 9,545,599.18 in former presidential allowances. That is approximately 6,534 every single day for 4 years straight. As a country, we need to start a serious debate about this. It is not that we believe former presidents should receive no allowances. Rather, how much we pay, how we determine those amounts, and how long we continue paying them must reflect the economic realities of the Maldives.

Between 2018 and 2026, Maldivian taxpayers have paid former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom 8,998,333.33 in former presidential allowances. That is approximately 2,737 every single day for 9 years straight. As a country, we need to start a serious debate about this. It is not that we believe former presidents should receive no allowances. Rather, how much we pay, how we determine those amounts, and how long we continue paying them must reflect the economic realities of the Maldives.

Between 2013 and 2026, Maldivian taxpayers have paid former President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan 24,622,500 in former presidential allowances. That is approximately 4,815 every single day for 14 years straight. As a country, we need to start a serious debate about this. It is not that we believe former presidents should receive no allowances. Rather, how much we pay, how we determine those amounts, and how long we continue paying them must reflect the economic realities of the Maldives.