MDP MP Meekail Slams Unspent Housing, Health Budgets; Says Public Has No Confidence in Govt

Gollu South constituency member Meekail Ahmed Naseem has criticised the government for failing to implement budgets earmarked for housing and health, warning that the proposed budget for next year will also not be executed. Speaking in the People’s Majlis, Meekail said that no citizen has benefited from the housing budget and that essential medicines for pregnant women and cancer patients are not being supplied because the health budget remained unspent. Noting that only 53 percent of this year’s housing allocation had been used by the start of the month, he said the government cannot expect the public to believe next year’s budget will be implemented. Meekail also accused government members of misleading the public by claiming the proposed budget is smaller than the current year’s unspent one, pointing out that expenditures have increased by 3.3 billion Rufiyaa and the deficit by 1.9 billion Rufiyaa. He called on President Muizzu to understand the lack of certainty among Maldivians and to resign.