A student loan bill

July 2, 2009

This Thursday, I have sent to parliament, a bill proposing to facilitate personal student loans from commercial banks in the country.

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I thought that the idea of making government policy statements in parliament was a good practice. It was a befitting avenue to enhance accountability, show transparency, and practice honesty.

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A new thinking on drugs

June 28, 2009

People speculate that there are some thirty thousand Maldivians, large and small, old and young, men and women, affected by this dreadful condition – substance abuse and drug dependency.  That is ten percent of Maldives population of 300,000 people. That figure is equivalent to the entire people of Addu atoll. Also, that is three times the number of my constituency, Kulhudhuffushi.

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