The Maldives has recently come under fire due to the
excessive/ obvious amount of corruption within their government. The clearest form of corruption has recently
been within the voting system. The
Maldives recently held elections to have a president are elected and in office
by November, 11th but due to several complications the election has been
completely messed up. The Maldives had
sought the help of the Indian government with their latest poll due to their
massive success with such a large population.
The problem is that even with this overly transparent election process
the Supreme Court nullified the election and claimed it had too many
irregularities. The major problem is
that the Maldives recently had a military coup to replace a leader named
Mohamed Nasheed, but the people were very much in his favor. The military leader who replaced Mr. Nasheed
only received 5% of the votes in the election whereas Nasheed received about
49% making him the clear winner.
The Maldives is experiencing the complications that arise
when the old is trying to remove the new.
The population is clearly crying out for a leader in which they can get
behind but a small powerful minority is making the entire government back them
due to their show of force. While there
is no overnight cure for the problems it would appear that the military coup
was clearly out of order and not a revolt of the people but rather a revolt of
a small few who cannot face losing their power. The situation is in no way uncommon, but
without a doubt highly tragic for the people.
The government could change the turn of events but it would not be
without finding those who are corrupting the system and making them step down
in one form or another. The other option
which is far less advised would be to plan a secondary coup to replace the coup
which removed the people’s president Mr. Nasheed. Overall, change can happen but it needs to be
handled gracefully but with clear meaning and action.
Ryan Clark
11/17/2013
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