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A Maldivian who fled from the Maldives
is denied to have two Maldivian Passports at a time
DP Correspondent, Male' 14/03/2005-MDP’s
media Dhivehi
Observer and
Minivan News
have confirmed that a Maldivian called Mohamed Nasheed,
commonly known as Anni, fled the Maldives in late 2003.
After fleeing from the Maldives Anni dwelled in the UK, and
set up an organization by which he believes the current
dictatorship will be overthrown, and by virtue of this, his
organization will become the ruling party by making him the
President of the Maldives.
According to Anni and his
organization’s internet news bullets, he had been planning to
return to the Maldives early this month, but now it confirms
the contrary that Anni had delayed his arrival to the Maldives
until his Maldivian passport-which he had on his free will
handed over to the UK government, to seek refuge in the UK-is
retrieved from the UK authorities.
However, Anni reports to his
very own media that his arrival to the Maldives had been
delayed due to the reason that President Gayoom has refused to
issue another passport for him. The question here is that why
should he be given another passport and how can he request for
a second passport when he already has one?
It is surprising to have heard
of a man, ‘a politician’ who made a complete fool out of
himself by such a futile claim. There is no government on
earth that provides two passports of the same nationality to
any one person at a time unless for diplomatic purposes. Anni
thinks that by announcing that he is the Chairperson of an
organization which he established for the very purpose of
gaining the title Chairperson, he must be given two
passports or may be more whenever he wants. This is a bootless
claim which he made to deceive and gull our people, thinking
that he could make a hero out of himself by this jest.
According to the concerning
law, it is forbidden to issue a second passport to anyone
unless the passport is proven lost or expired. Therefore, this
man’s case is crystal clear and we do know that he was denied
to have a second passport only because he possesses a valid
passport, and not because the government of Maldives is scared
of his arrival or because President Gayoom wants to flee from
the country before he arrives.
Yet, DP’s aim is not to
say that Anni requested for a second passport because he plans
to sell the first one to a terrorist group!
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