Former VP Jameel Calls on Maldives Military to Stop Rasmalé Land Allocation to Foreign Company

Former Vice President Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmed has called on the Maldives military to stand up to stop the project to give a large area of Rasmalé to Egal Hills, saying it poses a danger to the nation's independence and sovereignty. Speaking at a sudden event held on Wednesday night against giving a large area of Rasmalé to Egal Hills, Jameel said that if this 'great treachery' of selling the Maldives and giving it to another party to run goes ahead, future generations will hold those who did it guilty. Noting that its bitter consequences will have to be borne, Dr. Jameel said the greatest responsibility today to protect independence, freedom and sovereignty has been placed on the shoulders of the Maldives military, who stand having sworn by Almighty Allah. He therefore called on the military to stand against the project. In a direct request to the Maldives military, he said: "You stand having sworn an oath. Your oath contains the dignity of the Maldivian nation, the independence of the Maldivian nation, protecting the Maldivian nation, protecting Maldivians, and keeping Maldivian soil safe. That is the highest responsibility of the Maldives military. Today Muizzu is doing that in violation of the Constitution." Referring to President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, Dr. Jameel said the president is just one individual, and that he is doing something that no individual has been given and that the law does not permit. He said that as a result, when the entire Maldivian people are made to bear hardship forever and the dignity of the Maldives is lost, the military must stand up and speak, and must meet President Muizzu, advise him and stop it. Dr. Jameel also said that the foundation that will hold Maldivians together most as a single entity is the religious unity that exists with the Maldivian race. He said that for more than 900 years this nation has endured with pride upon the religion of Islam, and that the strength seen in the forefathers was a power obtained from Islamic unity. Jameel noted that the project is an act carried out in violation of the Constitution, and that it is the military's responsibility to advise President Muizzu to protect the nation's independence and stop it. Dr. Jameel made the remarks on Raajje TV's 'TV Talk' programme, according to Raajje MV.