We struggle hard to tile the floor of our room while some with poorer financial statements than us, keep buying entire lands & houses worth tens of millions of MVR.
Could drive you bonkers trying to figure out how they do this.
Maldives isn’t a poor country! but Maldivians are being kept poor.
In 2024, our national economy produced $6.98 billion USD in GDP. But only about 382,751 of us are actual Maldivian citizens, based on the official 2022 census. That means the economy is generating roughly $18,240 USD per Maldivian, which is more than MVR 280,000 a year, or over MVR 23,000 every single month per citizen.
That kind of money should be enough to guarantee every Maldivian access to free quality healthcare, housing, education, and a secure income.
But that’s not what’s happening. In reality, most citizens are earning far less. Wages are low. Rent is sky-high. Services are broken or underfunded.
Why? Because the system is bleeding from corruption.
Billions are lost every year to overpriced contracts, political deals, wasteful spending, and debts we didn’t ask for. Projects cost double what they should. Aid disappears into thin air. And public money is used more to serve the powerful than to uplift the people.
We don’t lack resources. The numbers prove it. What we lack is accountability and political will.
The economy is growing. But the benefits aren’t reaching the people. The math is clear. The silence is expensive.
Can’t the same question be asked about The Majlis? What tangible contributions has it made?
Enacting draconian laws that seem aimed at appease America??
With all the shortcomings of the previous ones, what has the current Majlis done to at least #EndVaanuvaa?
🇮🇷🇵🇸 Responding to 7 common non-sense claims spread on social media
"Ismael Haniyeh went to Turkiye, Qatar and Egypt it was fine but when he went to Iran he was killed!"
🇵🇸: are we allowed to live?
🇮🇱: no
🇵🇸: can we have our land back?
🇮🇱: no
🇵🇸: can you stop bombing us?
🇮🇱: no
🇵🇸: okay so we will fire back at you.
🇮🇱: omg you are attacking us. USA, Europe, everybody come same us. we are the victims. we didn’t do anything.