Finally Qasim tells a truth

Qasim Ibrahim, finally, admits that he is interested to contest the upcoming presidential polls. I congratulate him for plucking up the courage to publicly concede that he’s not been honest with the public todate about his intentions. It’s been at least a decade since rumours began spreading about his intention to run for president. So how many times would he have lied to us todate simply on this matter?

As for Qasim’s credentials, we all have seen the manner in which he thought he made himself eligible under the new constitution to hold the office of president. Having disregarded numerous points of order, he simply bulldozed through the voting. Special MPs protests were vociferous, yet to no avail. Qasim simply gave a deaf ear to their concerns. Was one of those issues about a provision in which Qasim had a vested interest? Absolutely (section 119)!

Qasim’s credentials are many, but not so diverse. They can be categorized as follows: commercial assets, and liabilities, and failures. If the people of the Maldives are to consider these credentials against those of any other candidate, no one is more qualified than him to be elected. In fact, even if all the other candidates get together, their combined credentials would not even compare with those of his.

So I wish Qasim well in his apparently long-held ambition. After all, this is also his country, and therefore he has every right to run for president, and to hold that office, provided that the constitution so allows.