People wearing Red in Maldives streets: in show of anger towards the dictator Gayyoom and his national team
On Friday evening Gayyom’s Energy, Water & Environment Minister was kicked out of H.Dh Kulhudhuhfushi, one of the so called developed islands of Maldives. Minister Ahmed Abdulla was questioned by the people of the island for the promised sewerage system which the government has failed to implement for the last 3 decades.
Gayyoom is the only person who has been attending international conferences on Environment as a leader of a country for the last 30 years. This has made him somewhat famous in international forums as a dictator who has been green washing the dictatorship.
His long term buddy the Environment minister could not keep up the promise of providing a safe sewerage system for the islands. For the last 30 years, every five years just before the election, Gayyoom’s government promises the islanders with dreams. Gayyoom being the only presidential contestant allowed each of these times wins. And the promises are left until the next time. Anyone who complains get tortured in the infamous Dhoonidhoo Torture Center.
This time it has happened again. Environment Minister Abdullah can attend international forums and act as he is doing his job and ask for donations. And through corruption some international organizations give funding to him, which is used mostly for their personal use.
On Friday he was forcefully kicked out by the people of the island. Too bad. The next day 29 people are taken to the torture center. There is internal pressure on this regime. And there is external pressure as well. Dictator is under a lot of pressure. People are really angry with him. All wearing red as a symbol to show their anger towards him.
