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EU’s
attempt to impose economic restriction on Maldives is based on
unobserved and unjust grounds
28/03/2005-Few months back, EU defined the inflow of the
Maldives tourism industry as ‘non-humanitarian aid’ which to
the ears may sound as the inflow of the tourism business in
the Maldives involves business irregularities and hence is a
dangerous mechanism installed against the rights of the
people. But this is simply a misconception.
If the tourism industry of the Maldives is EU’s target to be
demolished, it is a deliberate attempt to abuse Human Rights.
This is for the occasion that many Maldivians have based their
lives on the income they earn from the healthiest business
industry; the exotic tourist business in the Maldives, and
they are full dependents of the inflow of this sector.
Although this reality remains crystal clear, EU has attempted
to make the dependents of tourism industry in the Maldives
struggle and die of starvation. EU’s tireless move to destroy
Maldives economy, to the humanitarian eyes may look
outrageous, and it would not be unjust to describe its move as
an insane attempt to abuse Human Rights, and a clear sign of
EU’s failure to inspect the current situation in the Maldives
and reaching to the reality of the status quo.
EU’s recent resolution that called on to boycott Maldives
tourism was based on achieving some self-centered objectives,
hence it demands to repeal the state of emergency that
president Gayoom has announced due to the upheavals occurred
last August, and to force the government of Maldives to
release the detained leaders of violence on 13th August and
some other detainees despite EU’s less awareness on the cause
of their detention.
Be it named a pro-democracy rally or be it named a peaceful
demonstration; it was in fact resorted to violence. The
leaders of the August rally demanded the release of particular
detainees including many convicted. Over time, the mob also
demanded the resignation of the President and many other
members of the cabinet. I wonder if the democratic principles
support such minorities to overthrow a government elected by
the majority of the people for the protection of both the
majority and minority’s rights!
Although, EU yet remains ignorant and has from the very
beginning overlooked the factual grounds and the information
provided by the government of Maldives, it is not worthwhile
to adhere to such unrestrained orders regardless of by whom it
is being directed. As per the governmental authorities of the
Maldives, and as far as we are concerned, the state of
emergency was declared as provided by the constitution of the
Maldives and aimed to restore public order and to demolish
violence for the protection of the people and to give power to
the county’s Constitution and Law.
However, the government has in numerous occasions clarified
the concerning authorities its commitment to further democracy
and to bring about constitutional reforms to the system as
well as it has said that the state of emergency remains
reviewed time to time and will be repealed within a reasonable
time.
We are taken by surprise on EU’s desperate attention on
Maldives. EU’s motives to assault the Maldives and its attempt
to overrule the Constitutional decisions of the Maldivian
government remains unknown despite the fact that EU has
omitted other countries such as Egypt that has been governed
under state of emergency since 1982 until this very moment!
Why shall a credible decision made by the government of
Maldives
be forced to undo just because a few are linked with some MPs
of the European Parliament?
We believe, these unanswered questions diverts EU’s movement
to many unpleasant assumptions which EU shall therefore be
concerned and review its unjust, improper and premature
approach to enforce economic restrictions on the Maldives at
this very critical situation. EU shall further realize that
the people of
Maldives
or at least the majority would never stand in favor of EU’s
current resolution even though a handful of dissidents are
fully cooperative with EU to achieve their self-centered
objectives which are derived from their greed for power and
personal grudge.
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