Ithuru Vaahaka
Episode 17: Malé mayoral candidates – Ismail Zariyand
Candidate number two addresses his ties with former President Yameen.
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This week on Ithuru Vaahaka, we host Ismail Zariyand, candidate number two in the Malé City mayoral election. From an illustrious career in football to years of experience in auditing, Zariyand reflects on his hopes, plans, policies, and vision for Malé. He also shares his views on the proposed referendum to couple presidential and parliamentary elections, and addresses the perceived friction between himself and one of his biggest endorsers, President Abdulla Yameen, over questions of values and political direction.
0:53 - What is your introduction?
1:30 - Sports career
2:00 - Why did you intend to run for the seat of Malé mayor?
3:12 - "Land lease corruption forced my hand."
3:45 - What would your main focus be, if elected as Malé mayor?
4:45 - "Ninety-days of clean up!'
6:00 - "Dhanthuraeh!"
7:20 - "No collateral finance, under five percent interest"
8:15 - What about the coupling of presidential election and parliamentary election?
9:50 - "Chips away at the ability to hold power to account"
10:30 - How do you reconcile ideological difference between you and your biggest endorser President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom?
11:40 - "I am a horse without a saddle!"
12:45 - Final appeal
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