ACC wades into airport development charge debate
16 Jun 2012, 9:32 PM
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has issued a statement in support of the government’s bid to obtain concession fees lost due to the legal debacle surrounding the levying of an airport development charge (ADC) by airport developer GMR.
A Civil Court case filed by the then opposition Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) late last year ruled against the charging of an ADC, as stipulated in GMR’s contract with the government-owned Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL).
The court decision compelled the then-ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to deduct the ADC charges from the concession fees due the government, which was pending appeal prior to the change of government under controversial circumstances on February 7.
However as a result of the DQP’s successful court case while it was in opposition, the government only received US$525,355 out of an expected US$8.7 million in concession fees for the first quarter of 2012.
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