Police ordered to investigate Nasheed administration over SAARC Summit, alcohol
01 Aug 2013, 6:00 PM
President Mohamed Waheed has ordered police to investigate budget overruns on the 2010 SAARC Summit during the previous administration of Mohamed Nasheed.
The President told a rally last night that he had “used my rights as president” to compel police to investigate the matter, according to local media.
The Auditor General released a special audit report last week on the Summit, alleging several financial discrepancies including an overspend of more than MVR 430 million (US$27.9 million) on the event’s allocated budget.
President Waheed is competing against Nasheed in the September election, along with the head of parliament’s finance committee responsible for commissioning the audit report, Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) candidate.Abdulla Yameen.
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