What determines a candidate as best?
The quest for selecting most eligible and most potential candidate as ‘peoples’ envoy’ to the parliament is deviating the actual purpose of their candidacy today. In this year 465 candidates are contesting for 77 constituencies of the parliament and each candidate propagates his or her own way to serve people. Cash rewards, valuable assets, air tickets, job security, family intrusion and illusive obsessions are some of the depraved elements of campaign strategies adopted by most of the candidates in Maldives.
Any candidate elected to the parliament upon aforementioned elements is highly unlikely to represent the public. Indeed, for them their private benefit would outweigh those of public as they would have given bribes in some way or the other to grab most votes.
Today it’s a common phenomenon on the ground and various levels of campaign activities that candidates boast about things they, as natives, have done for the islands in the past. Some candidates claim that they have helped to develop infrastructure of the islands, promoted educational fields, enhanced job opportunities and granted money for the needy. Indeed it’s an obligatory duty of the riches and no candidate should claim parliamentary seat as a reward for that.
Honesty is the basic guide line to become a good MP. A good MP never promises the unattainable nor swank about what he or she has done well for the people in the past. Ability to give tough and rational feedbacks and capacity to reason on issues discussed at parliament floor, free from obsession, is instrumental for a good MP. Academic excellence and professional exposure is necessary to lead arguments at parliament. If he or she is hesitant or incapable of providing adequate justification on his or her believes and thoughts then he is incompetent. In the Maldives, Reeko Moosa Manik and Ibrahim Ismail are the two outstanding members of the parliament who had great hand in shaping and modernizing the constitution of the country.
We hope that our people choose a candidate who is second to none than those mentioned above. This is the first time in the history that a constituency for Hulhumeedhoo is placed and electing the right and competent candidate for the job is essential for the wellbeing of islands and the country at large.
Posted by Hulhudhoo Today
on 1:05 PM. Filed under
upon reading the text, it is assumed tht the writer's motive was to promote one candidate and degrade all others. but i can assure u tht the candidate u r backing is very unlikely to win this time.
writer has made a very good point, you dont need to provide a laptop to buy votes, you dont have need to invest in a building, you dont need to provide money for medecine just to obtain votes. good piece of write up. keep it up
If the writer is promoting a candidate as suggested by first anon, then i think by all means He is the eligible candidate. Im not sure if there is a candidate out there as mentioned in this article, but if there is one, please take the chance as it might not come our way again.
Having read the article, i see that the writer is unable to maintain consistency. In the 5th parag, it is pointed out how academic excellence is necessary for a good MP. In the following paragraph, I am amused to read how the writer has chosen Reeko Moosa as the exemplary MP, who according to the writer is an outstanding MP, "who had great hand, shaping and modernizing the constitution"
So, Im guessing, the writer, is very confused about what really makes a good MP after all.