Higher highs - Lower lows

Grabbed the power
They came to power with promises. Deceptive promises with absolutely no intention of fulfilling them. Grabbing the power at any cost was the prime objective. They did achieve the objective. MDP took the reigns of the Maldives government on 11 November 2008.

Numbered days
Today, with just a half of their presidential term remaining, MDP leadership is twitchy because of the low public approval. But they should not be, as its is they who promised higher highs and lower lows to win over the hearts and minds of people and get the government.

Broken promises
We will lower the dollar rate.... MDP promised.
We will lower the cost of living.... MDP promised.
We will lower the crime rate ..... MDP promised.
We will increase the standard of living... MDP promised.
We will improve the public services ... MDP promised.

Malidivians now know
Maldivians are intelligent and highly politically aware. The government 'could fool some people some times, but can't fool all the people all the times' (as Bob Marley sings). People know that the MDP promises of lower lows has risen to higher highs and everything that the government promised to improve on has fallen to lower lows.The MDP government has failed big time. That much, people now know.

Final countdown
The goverment should not be discontent of the low public approval rating they have today, but should rather be seriously concerned that their presidency would be at best just a single term. As with the past two elections of Parliament and the Local Councils,  the people of Maldives would be the judge the jury and the executioner of the Presidential Elections 2013. They would give meaning to higher highs and lower lows.

Shark attack on land - Give the rule of law a chance

Lawless underworld of the lagoons, seas and oceans. The fight for survival continues.  Mostly the small fall prey to the bigger predators. It is not lawlessness, but the law of the seas: small eaten by the big. Shark attack!

Land is not sea. Humans have moved on from caves to huts, huts to cottages, cottages to houses. Welcome to the civilization. Welcome to the developed, civilized world. Welcome to the era of laws and regulations, enacted to harmonize the society and the way humans live.

Screams, gang-fights, rapes, drugs, robberies, blood, death, sirens, breaking news.  Come night, come day, almost every day. Shark attack. On the streets of Malé the capital of Maldives. Lawlessness or the law of the capital cities? Research suggests that crimes in capital cities are often higher. Main reasons being that majority of crimes evolve around money and desperation. Capital cities have more money, denser-populations, and naturally more desperate people. And more sharks. The stage for the organised-crimes. The  very moment that the law enforcers fail to enforce the ruel of law the problems surface and gets out of control. The Maldives is not an exception. Not anymore definitely!

Is it too late for the Maldives to return to innocence? It would be a tough but not an unachievable task. The government should have the will to restore peace and harmony. The government and authorities must commit to up hold the rule of law. The government and the authorities must be ready to attack the sharks. The society must be convinced that actions good or bad have consequences. The people must believe in justice. This may require making new laws or amending existing laws, but foremost it requires that authorities uphold the rule of existing laws.

God created sharks for the seas, where lawlessness is the law. Let's stop shark attacks on land. Lets not compromise human rights for criminals' rights. Lets join hands with the authorities to fight crime.


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