Opposition to take to the streets over Maldives’ biggest-ever corruption scandal
Opposition parties are planning to take to the streets on February 5 over tens of millions of dollars missing from resort leases in what the graft watchdog has called the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
28 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Opposition parties are planning to take to the streets on February 5 over tens of millions of dollars missing from resort leases in what the graft watchdog has called the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
The walk – organised by the Maldivian Democratic Party and the Adhaalath Party – is the opposition’s first street activity since a massive police crackdown on a three-day protest in November.
“On February 5, the MDP and its allies are marching to urge and encourage the Anti Corruption Commission and the Auditor General to conduct a thorough investigation of the biggest graft case ever witnessed,” said Anas Abdul Sattar, the MDP’s deputy secretary general.
Between US$60million – US$100million is rumoured to be missing from the state-owned Maldivian Marketing and Public Relations Corporation’s lease of islands and lagoons for tourism.
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