DQP sues Finance Ministry for non-payment of fisheries subsidies
12 Oct 2011, 7:22 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) has filed a lawsuit at the Civil Court against the Finance Ministry and Fisheries Ministry claiming that the government is withholding the budget allocated for fuel subsidies for fishermen.
The party has requested the court to order the Finance Ministry to issue the Rf100 million included in the 2011 budget for fisheries subsidy immediately.
According to local media, the state attorney said that it was not in the mandate of political parties to get involved with issues such as this.
Meanwhile, DQP MP Riyaz Rasheed has submitted a resolution to the parliament calling on the government to release the fisheries subsidy.
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