Abdullah Kamaludeen, a former cabinet member, has expressed concern over the delays in bringing about the changes promised under the 2008 constitution including the separation of three powers of the state.
While Kamaludeen served as a cabinet minister during Maumoon Abdula Gayoom's presidency, he is currently in the works to form a new political party. He re-joined the former president back in 2018, leaving Jumhooree Party (JP) after six years; Kamaaludeen even ran for JP vice presidency in June 2018.
He ran in the 2019 parliamentary elections, on a Maldives Reform Movement (MRM) ticket; MRM is Maumoon's new political party officially registered in 2019. He left the party on June 30.
While the former minister revealed work to form a new political party earlier this week, he spoke to RaajjeTV's FalaSurukhee regarding the decision on Tuesday night.
As such, Kamaaludeen noted there are major issues in the nation yet to be solved. Noting that these issues are not new, he said that expectations were that the issues -especially regarding the separation of powers- would be resolved with the introduction of the new Constitution in 2008.
However, the former minister expressed that he not only sees the issues unresolved but also deteriorating, and shared the concern of citizens on the delays.
He added stated that even though Maldives is wealthy in terms of natural resources, the state and citizens 'are not rich enough'.
“Therefore, do we not need new political policies? When looking at the numbers, there are 134,000 people in political parties and 260,000 people outside of political parties and almost all these people vote and are political people. Those who are not a part of a political party, are those who do not agree with the parties’ policies and mindset and when they go vote, they vote according to who seems right at the time being.”Abdullah Kamaludeen, former cabinet member
He concluded by shedding light on the fact that there is now an opportunity to solve current problems by introducing new political policies with the contributions of citizens.
Kamaludeen said that the new party will honour Islam, safeguard Maldives’ independence, empower the people with civil liberties, and strengthen social welfare.
