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Insha Allah the Maldivian People Would be Victorious!

Mohamed Bushry , 29 October 2005, Bushry Column Archive

Imagine! If a baby had been born on the first day Gayoom was sworn in as president, that baby would be 27 years old now. That's a lifetime. Imagine a young person who was only 34 years old on the day Gayoom was sworn in as president. That person would be 61 years old now! Indeed that's a lifetime.

This old man has been the president of Maldives for all these years and what has he got to show for it? An international airport that his predecessor (Nasir) built? A tourism industry that Nasir established? A fisheries industry that Nasir established? An English language education system that Nasir established? A land reclamation program that Nasir initiated? What exactly has this Egypt-educated sheikh brought to this country that Nasir hadn't already thought about? Nothing. Obviously Gayoom had nothing to offer for this nation when he came to power 27 years ago; and he most definitely has nothing to offer for this nation now. Its time that he leaves us to fend for ourselves. We can do much better and in a shorter period of time. We don't need Gayoom and his comical cabinet and his brutal police force to take us in to the 21st century.

Imagine you are thirty four years old now. I'm sure many of the readers would be of that age. Imagine you got a new president today. Would you want that same person to lead your country until you are a 61 years old? Surely not. Gayoom has taken a large chunk out of this generation and he is greedily holding on to power with the obvious intention of taking a large chunk out of the next generation as well.

His diabolical lying machines (TV Maldives and Voice of Maldives) are at full throttle. His comical cabinet is at full swing. His police force has the license to kill (and indeed they have killed innocent Maldivians). Anonymous websites sympathetic to the regime are propping up like popcorn to brainwash unassuming Maldivians. He has got a 1.8 Billion Rufiyaa supplementary budget to play with. He has absolute power to rule this country whichever way he so pleases. Yet I'm sure he is restless and sleepless. Winds of change have already braced these fragile shores of ours. Maldivians have finally woken from the hypnotic sleep that they have been forced to endure. We now know the truth. The international community is aware of the Maldivian people's predicament. Together we will overcome this regime that has taken so much away from us.

All these years we thought that we had to be grateful to Gayoom for whatever he grants us when we beg from him. Now we know that we do not have to beg from him. We demand and he has to eventually budge. We demanded for the establishment of political parties and he had no choice but agree reluctantly and grudgingly. We now demand that he step aside and hold free and fair elections under a multiparty electoral system. He will Insha Allah have no choice but to do that in the coming months. He will no doubt try to package that as a gift from him but Maldivians can no longer be fooled by this man.

Listen to us carefully Mr. Gayoom. This country does not belong to you. We do not have to be grateful to you for whatever little token gestures that you grant us. You don't own us; and most definitely you don't own our children. You have no right to dictate anything to us. You are just a servant elected (I guess) to serve us. Try to get that through to your head. You can jail us and beat us and let your police force do sadistic things with us (like they did with Evan Naseem), but we are not scared of you or your lovely little Star Force.

We only fear Malakul Mauth, and Nakeer Munkir and Allah's Judgement Day and Siraath Magu and Hell. Even you and your police force would be paraded on the same Mahushar Ground that Day. Do you know that? Do you know that Allah is the Great Planner? He knows all your plans and Insha Allah the Maldivian people will be victorious.