Parliament informed of president’s failure to declare assets
The audit office has allowed Yameen to submit overdue financial records, the outgoing president’s spokesman said.
31 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended an inquiry by parliament’s public accounts committee into President Abdulla Yameen’s failure to submit annual financial records as mandated by the constitution.
The watchdog decided it could not launch a probe after a complaint was filed by a member of the public, an ACC media official confirmed to the Maldives Independent.
As there was no law that specified measures for refusal to disclose assets, the Auditor General could not be suspected of corruption over the failure to take action, the ACC informed the complainant.
The constitution requires the president to annually submit to the Auditor General “a statement of all property and monies owned by him, business interests and all assets and liabilities.”
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