Under pressure: Yameen accused of targeting business owned by MPs loyal to Gayoom
Yameen is being accused of cracking down on businesses owned by lawmakers loyal to his half-brother, following a renewed bid by the government to seize properties from Gasim’s Villa Group and Saleem’s Red Wave company, and the cancellation of a lucrative contract awarded to a third lawmaker.
08 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has been accused of cracking down on businesses of lawmakers who have sided with his half-brother Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in the civil war roiling the ruling party.
The first to come under pressure was Gasim Ibrahim, the leader of the Jumhooree Party, who had publicly backed the 78-year-old former president, and supported his decision to withdraw support from Yameen’s administration.
Days later, on November 2, the high court scheduled hearings in an appeal lodged by the tourism ministry, which seeks to seize at least three properties leased to Gasim’s Villa Group for tourism.
A state-owned company is meanwhile making moves to seize a plot of land leased to MP Ahmed ‘Red Wave’ Saleem for a café in Hulhumalé, while the health ministry has cancelled a contract awarded to a company owned by MP Saudhullah Hilmy to build a health centre in a northern island.
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