Ministries break the law over RTI response failure
The right to information requests sought to verify and fact-check claims made by President Abdulla Yameen.
20 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
Five ministries have broken the law by not responding to right to information requests from the Maldives Independent, which wanted to fact check claims made by President Abdulla Yameen.
Yameen challenged “political leaders who say they do not see development” at a November 17 rally marking the four-year anniversary of his government.
He said his administration had completed 1,800 projects at a cost of MVR20 billion (US$1.2 billion), amounting to nine projects for each inhabited island including 24-hour electricity for all islands and sewerage systems in 37 islands.
Clean water projects had been completed in 135 islands, Yameen added, pledging to bring down household water bills in the atolls to the same level as Malé. Nine out of 10 households nationwide would see a 57 percent reduction.
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