Translation: Solih administration’s ambitious 100-day agenda
There are 161 pledges covering 23 sectors.

18 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
Establish a committee and launch investigations into state funds lost through corruption, fraud and money laundering
Free all political prisoners
Review cases of political prisoners and those arrested for personal gain
Propose to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations
Strengthen police patrols in Malé City
All the appointees to the administration, state companies and independent commissions will publicise theirs and their spouses’ financial statements.
Start investigations into abuse of state positions to commit illegal acts and neglecting of protection and security to people
Start revising laws passed with the sole purpose of providing benefit or causing harm to a specific person or group
Start restoring justice to all victims of murders, abductions, jailing, forced exile or property infringement
Cut Goods and Services Tax on pads, tampons and sanitary napkins
Stop giving permits for foreign fishing boats to fish in Maldivian waters
Start renegotiating contracts and loans that would damage sovereignty and put the country into debt
Cut fees for taxi boards
Opening up closed harbour areas in Malé lagoon
Start towing unused parked vehicles in Malé streets
Restore the powers and responsibilities of local councils withheld by the president in the last five years
Make expired national identity cards usable in seeking medical services
Start a regular programme to reduce mosquitos, rats and bats across Maldives
Start teaching Quran in mosques
Install CCTV and speed cameras in bridge
Start an environment and road safety police service
Compile a police reform programme with input from police and public
Build a platform to easily submit opinion and corruption complaints
Start a zero-tolerance of corruption campaign
Amend the Anti-Corruption Act to hold the people who accept bribes equally criminally liable as much as the one who gives the bribe
A system will be set up to award housing to people who deserved flats but were deprived due to corrupt awarding practices. Those responsible will be held accountable
Start making changes to the Judicial Service Commission and courts to reform the judiciary
Start working on giving back the jobs of people unjustly sacked, and moving back people who were transferred from their jobs
Expedite the cases in UN Working Group Enforced Involuntary Disappearances and the UN Human Rights Council
Start weekend markets and recreational activities
Pave way to hold town hall meetings of local councils upon request by a certain number of people
Start widening the road of Fuvahmulah City School
Close off designated roads in Malé on Friday morning and create a Jazeera (island) environment for children and families
Create municipal inspectors
Make therapeutic services free for disabled people under Aasandha scheme
Open opportunities for persons with disabilities to apply for job vacancies and shape their life from these jobs
Submit Child Rights Protection bill to parliament
Gather information about persons with disabilities on all islands, recovering addicts and people in need of social welfare on all islands, and create a community based rehabilitation network
Make a policy to operate 24-hour businesses
Start the service of an SME bank for small and medium businesses
Introduce Diamondback squid fishing for Maldives
Slash import duty for diesel for fishing boats
Hold a symposium for guesthouses
Slash import duty for agricultural products
Create a system to ensure that agricultural produce is safe for health
Reduce the cost of domestic flying
Create bus stops in Malé and Hulhumalé for Malé-Hulhumalé bus
Designate loading and unloading areas in Malé roads
Designate free parking space for airport employees
Mark parking zones for motorbikes, cars, pickup and lorries in Malé
Strengthen the Inland transport regulations
Begin awarding undergraduate scholarship in the university of choice for top achievers in A’ Levels
Introduce low-interest loans for people who wish to study abroad
Revise the high-achievers scholarship scheme and make the scheme applicable for renowned universities in OECD countries
Conduct training programs on environment protection for all elected and appointed state officials
Conserve at least one island, one reef and one wetland in each atoll
Start a tree planting initiative across Maldives
Empower the Environment Protection Agency and start environment protection with the involvement of experts and the public
Publish environmental studies online and make it accessible to the public
Protect areas needing environment protection according to the law
Initiate a Clean Maldives program
Propose changes to Decentralisation Act
Hand over flats completed flats across Maldives to those who deserve it
Increase the budget to raise awareness about harmful products like tobacco, supari, energy drinks and sugary drinks
Ensure that medicine and medical services for thalassaemia patients in all parts of the country are available from where they reside
Conduct a symposium on local medicine and alternative medicine
Start utilising pension funds for Hajj pilgrimages.
Start a campaign to spread road safety awareness and distribute 5,000 free helmets
Submit Whistleblower Act to parliament
Submit a bill to stop illicit enrichment
Conduct a training program on anti-corruption and good governance for all elected and appointed state officials
Introduce Juvenile Justice Act to parliament
Revise and research amendments to the state expenditure through the pay commission
Pave way for Majlis to call for a vote on issues petitioned by an appropriate number of people
Make swimming at night possible in Hulhumalé beach and provide clean water in the area
Re-create Addu City square and hoist the national flag in Koattey
Make information about civil society organisations available in one place online
Submit an NGO bill to parliament
Formulate a policy to create a conducive environment for small and medium businesses.
Revise Fisheries Act and make required amendments
Pave way for individual farmers to access financial loans and credit schemes
Create a travel masterplan for the entire Maldives
Make undergraduate degrees tuition free
Conduct an audit to determine resources needed to change schools back to single session
Formulate a comprehensive plan to stop bullying and help victims of bullying
Conduct an assessment to determine resources to strengthen special needs education
Start a pilot program to provide free breakfast for school children
Start running the outpost of Biccoca University
Create a system to apply for flats without queueing up
Conduct a housing need assessment through councils
Facilitate medical check-ups through the school system
Introduce emergency care and ambulance service to all atolls
Make arrangements for women to pray in designated mosques
Use renewable energy to air-condition mosques
Legally mandate protection of heritage sites in all islands, create a list of the sites and look after heritage
Find Kalhuvakaru mosque and put it back together
Hang LED solar lights in the streets of Malé, Hulhumalé and Villingili
Designate a sports councilor in all islands
Allocate a budget of at least MVR500,000 for all national sports associations
Conduct a sports audit of the entire Maldives
Eliminate wage difference for men and women national sports teams and all national teams
Hold a water sports convention
Start “Fit and Healthy Eid” across Maldives
Start building an olympic size swimming pool complex in Malé area
Take measures to stop corruption in awarding quotas for expatriate workers and all expatriate matters
Submit amendments to make independent commissions function independently
Conduct an audit of all independent institutions and start making them efficient
Conduct an audit of the entire judiciary and start making it efficient
Give six months paid maternity leave for all state employed mothers. One month paid paternity leave for all state employed fathers.
Conduct a nation-level training need assessment
Designate a picnic area or island for islands without a picnic spot
Make Raalhugandu, Artificial beach, Rasfannu, Usfasgandu, City Park and Lonuziyaaraiy relaxing places
Start making Fuvahmulah City roads
Create public toilets in Hulhumalé
Make drug rehabilitation centers in three areas outside of Malé
Gift a “baby box” – containing baby mattresses, essential baby items and a handbook on breastfeeding and health – to all newborn babies
Make it easier for families to take children under state care into foster care
Start work on providing Aasandha health insurance for Maldivians living in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia
Assess the situation of Viyavathi, Kudakudhinge Hiyaa and Aman Hiyaa [children’s homes] and solve problems
Assess the situation of Guraidhoo Center and solve the problems
Found a home for abandoned elderly people in Guraidhoo center
Conduct a civil society fair to exhibit the work of NGOs, recruit members, and present companies with proposals to fund projects
Regularly review and change regulations that negatively affect businesses
Submit Consumer Protection Act to parliament
Submit Anti-Trust Act to Maldives
Make fishing boat bank accounts and make the banking system accessible to fisherman. Bank loans and credit schemes will be accessible to fisherman
Soft loans to install fish freezing systems for fishing boats
Make the constructed ice plants operational and provide ice to fisherman
Triple the budget for tourism promotion.
Formulate a legal framework to lease farming land and lease land for animal farming
Host International Donors Conference
Create an app to show the transport network to travel from one island to another
Expand the ring road around Malé
Analyse the traffic flow of Malé streets and open up roads that need to be re-opened
Use Malé- Hulhumalé ferry terminal for Hulhulé-Malé ferry
Introduce mini-bus service in Malé
Draft and submit a bill to strengthen the Maldives Qualification Authority and improve higher education
Conduct a symposium to revise the school curriculum
Publicise how green tax is taken and how green tax revenue is being used
Start a national campaign to reduce plastic bags and plastic bottles
Shoreline protection for Fuvahmulah
Resume advocacy in COP24 and grab the world’s attention
Make island councils responsible for managing local tourism, managing the island’s official website and marketing the island
Carry out an audit of jails
Carry out an audit of government offices, state companies to fix loopholes for corruption and make these offices efficent
Create a national think tank to improve productivity by studying medicine, social issues, economy, environment and technology
Create an independent youth council to advise and monitor youth policies and initiatives
Join all health facilities within a single network
Make arrangements for exercising in public spaces
Create a national mental health institute and ensure Aasandha insurance coverage for mental illnesses
Strengthen the policies of Food and Drug Authority and monitor pharmaceuticals imported to Maldives
Enforce mental health national policy and strategic plan
Make changes to the system to ease the service queue in IGMH
Make a treatment system for diabetic patients living in atolls
Install Gene Xpert Machines in two regions of Maldives to treat and eradicate Tuberculosis
Introduce HPV vaccines for girls aged 9-13
Ensure that the tap water supplied by the water company is safe for drinking
Reduce the cost of electricity