Mahlouf alleges MDP offered him $US2 million to defect
28 May 2011, 7:43 PM
Neil Merrett
Opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) MP Ahmed Mahlouf has hit out at opposition politicians switching their allegiances for financial gain, claiming he too was offered a bribe to defect.
Mahlouf claimed that he had been “personally told” that Ali Waheed would be switching his political allegiance for money, and further alleged that he had himself been offered US$2 million to join and vote in favour of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
“I don’t believe selling myself is a choice, but ever since I have known some of these MPs they have always wanted money,” he said.
Mahlouf alleged that it was only Ali Waheed who had taken money to join the MDP – a move he claimed was a coup for the country’s governing party.
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