Former President Mohamed Nasheed says the prices of the goods in the market had inflated to exorbitant levels due to the failure of President Abdullah Yameen’s economic policies.

The prices of some goods had risen sharply, while there is a shortage of some goods.

The former President made the statement in a tweet posted in Dhivehi, linking the rising prices to the failure of his economic policies. He stressed that Maldivians needed better.

The first day of Ramadan saw inflated prices for even the most basic produce used by Maldivians on a daily basis, with prices for 100 grams of fresh chillies hovering between MVR 60 and MVR 80. A kilo of watermelon is priced between MVR 15 and MVR 18, while a kilo of lime currently sells for between MVR 35 and MVR 40.