ލޮބުވެތި ދިވެހި ރައްޔިތުންނޭ! ޤައުމުގެ އިޤްތިޞާދީ ޙާލަތު ދަށްވަމުންދާތީ، އަވަސް ޙައްލެއް ބޭނުންވެއެވެ. އަޅުގަނޑުމެންގެ މުސްތަޤްބަލާއި ޤައުމުގެ ތަރައްޤީއަށްޓަކައި، ޒުވާނުންނާއެކު މަސައްކަތްކުރުމަށް ގޮވާލަމެވެ. #AbolishExMPBenefits #EkkohKandaalaa

ރަސްމާލެ ޑީލާ ގުޅިގެން ރިފަރެންޑަމަކަށް ދާކަށް ނުޖެހޭ: އިބްރާހިމްދީދީ adhadhu.com/88984

And what exactly am I trying to justify? I know what I campaigned for and I havnt changed my stance.

މަޖިލީސް މެމްބަރުންގެ އިންޝުަރެންސްއާއި ގުޅޭ ގޮތުން މިއަދު ކޮމިޓީގައި އަޅުގަނޑު ދެއްކި ވާހަކަ

After MPs’ salaries, the next petition should address former presidents’ allowances and benefits. It’s time to start this debate. Taxpayers have paid so far Maumoon: 72 million Nasheed: 43 million Waheed: 25 million Yameen: 9 million Solih: 10 million Total: 159 million. These payments will continue, and future former presidents will become eligible too. As a nation, we must ask, can we afford this? Are these allowances proportionate to our economic reality, national income and the living standards of ordinary Maldivians? Public money should reflect public priorities.

In September 2025, Azaan told me that after Majlis re-opens, a bill to abolish benefits granted to former MPs will be in parliament. It’s now October 2026.

It might sound simple, but it really isn't. We need to understand that this is a deeply ingrained practice in our society. For generations, MPs, community leaders and people in prominent positions have been expected to contribute towards Eid celebrations, Ramadan activities, mosque renovations, sporting events and almost every other community activity. These expectations did not develop overnight, and making such contributions illegal won't magically make them disappear. Now, you could argue that none of this is the responsibility of an MP. And you would be absolutely right. Legally, we have no obligation to finance these activities. But there is a difference between what the law requires and what society expects. When a practice is so deeply rooted in our culture, the social pressure to conform is enormous. Most MPs end up contributing, not necessarily because they want to, but because refusing to do so comes with its own social consequences. You cannot simply legislate away a deeply ingrained social expectation and assume that people will change their behaviour overnight. Changing the culture that has sustained these practices for decades is an entirely different challenge.

Biological memory fades. Digital memory doesn’t. Welcome back to X, Rumaalu2. Seven years later, under a new name.