MDP MP calls for investigation into allocation of 50 Hulhumale’ flats to MNDF officers
27 Aug 2012, 8:48 PM
Hawwa Lubna
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Ibrahim Rasheed has requested the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) investigate the proposed allocation of 50 flats in Hulhumale’ to military officers.
MP Rasheed made the request in a letter forwarded to both commissions, according to an MDP statement. The request, sent to the two commissions, claims that the allocation of 50 flats to officers in the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) is a “clear violation of the people’s rights.” The allocation is to be taken from 1000 residential properties currently being constructed in Hulhumale’.
Rasheed claimed in his statement that the government has already decided to built flats in certain areas to provide housing for military officers, and therefore “taking away 50 flats belonging to the people” paves way for corruption.
If the government decides to give flats to MNDF today, he warned in future that more flats would have to be awarded to police and customs officers, as well as other independent institutions.
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