Great government giveaway continues as water fines waived

The government has been munificent in recent months – waiving fines for fishermen, motorists and tenants – and has been accused by the opposition of trying to unfairly influence votes ahead of Sunday’s poll.

The Maldives Water and Sewerage Company said the waiver was designed to make people’s lives easier.

“We want to inform our customers that a regulation has been introduced to waive fines imposed on customer’s bills under the government policy of making citizens’ lives easier, and we have decided to start implementing it starting today (Thursday),” it said.