Anti-graft NGO resumes campaign for MP asset declaration
The constitution requires them to annually submit to the parliament’s secretary-general “a statement of all property and monies owned by him, business interests and liabilities” but the documents are not released to the public.
16 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM
Anti-corruption NGO Transparency Maldives has relaunched a campaign urging the public to pressure lawmakers to disclose their personal finances.
The Haamakurey or ‘Make it Public’ campaign calls on MPs to make their asset declaration available to the public. The constitution requires them to annually submit to the parliament’s secretary-general “a statement of all property and monies owned […], business interests and liabilities” but the documents are not released to the public.
This year’s asset declaration deadline is October 31.
“Parliament members have a responsibility to the public to make their financial assets public. The public should call or text their representatives and ask them to declare their assets,” Ahid Rasheed, a senior project coordinator at TM, told the Maldives Independent.
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