Leaked report on corruption allegation towards President Muizzu stirs controversy in Maldives
NEW DELHI: Forward of the upcoming parliamentary elections within the Maldives, opposition events are calling for an investigation and potential impeachment of President Mohamed Muizzu in response to a leaked report relationship again to 2018 alleging corruption.
The parliamentary elections for the Majlis are scheduled for Sunday, forward of which, the opposition Maldivian Democratic Social gathering (MDP) and President Muizzu’s Folks’s Nationwide Congress (PNC) have engaged in buying and selling barbs and accusations towards one another.
The political turmoil started when an nameless particular person utilizing the deal with ‘Hassan Kurusee’ shared leaked intelligence stories on social media, which included paperwork from the Monetary Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Maldives Financial Authority and the Maldives Police Service. These stories purportedly linked President Muizzu to monetary misconduct, citing irregularities in cash transfers to his private checking account and suggesting potential involvement with politically uncovered people, embezzlement, structured transactions, and using company entities to hide fund origins.
The allegations sparked a firestorm of reactions on social media, with calls for from the MDP and Folks’s Nationwide Entrance (PNF) for an official investigation into the matter. Former vp Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed went a step additional, calling for President Muizzu’s impeachment primarily based on the leaked intelligence stories. Jameel emphasised the significance of accountability in governance and urged President Muizzu to cooperate with unbiased investigations into the allegations, together with these associated to the Ras Male’ improvement mission and alleged extreme spending on public relations.
President Muizzu responded to the corruption allegations on Tuesday, asserting that the opposition’s makes an attempt to implicate him have been baseless and pushed by desperation. He denied any wrongdoing and accused the opposition of leaking the stories to tarnish his popularity.
“The identical allegations had been made throughout his campaigns for mayor and President,” he stated including, the response would even be the identical as earlier than.
“Whilst you try and pin one thing on me like this, you could not do it earlier than and you may’t do it now. There’s nothing you may present towards me irrespective of how far you are taking this,” President stated to Adhadhu.com.
Regardless of calls from the opposition for presidency businesses to research the allegations, no official response has been issued relating to the authenticity of the leaked stories.
(With company inputs)
