Politics

Overdue asset disclosure within a week, president’s office assures

The personal finances of the president, vice president and ministers is to be made public for the first time.

03 Jan 2019, 9:00 AM
The personal finances of political appointees and the new administration’s top leadership will be made public within a week, the president’s office announced Thursday.
Disclosing the assets of all political appointees and their spouses within the first week after President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih took office was part of an ambitious 100-day agenda.
Ibrahim Hood, the president’s office spokesman, told the Maldives Independent that the financial statements of the president, vice president, ministers and political appointees at the president’s office will be published next week.
The annual financial statements of state ministers, deputy ministers and political appointees at other ministries will also be published before the end of March, he added.

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