Nasheed: Record Breaking Liar
Ministers’ resignation was Nasheed’s decision- Husnu Suood

Former Attorney General Husnu Suood has said that the resignation of the cabinet ministers en masse during the former administration was the decision of the former President Mohamed Nasheed.

Husnu Suood said this in an interview to Ameen’s Malaafaih TV program. He said that Nasheed made the decision to achieve a political motive to protect Dr. Mustafa Luthfee, the then Education Minister against who a vote of no confidence was on the agenda of the Peoples’ Majlis.

Husnu Suood said that Nasheed knew that his government will be unsuccessful in the Majlis in the vote of no confidence taken against Mustafa so he ordered the cabinet to resign en masse. He said that Nasheed revealed his decision in a cabinet meeting and asked for the ministers for their counsel. He said that all ministers except Islamic Minister Dr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Baari and Finance Minister Mohamed Shihab supported Nasheed’s decision.

Suood said that Nasheed first decided to sack the ministers who oppose his decision. He said that he himself supported Nasheed in decision on the cabinet resigning en masse.

Meanwhile, the cabinet ministers resigned en masse, claiming that the behaviour of opposition MPs who they said were “hijacking” the powers of the executive and making it impossible for the cabinet Ministers to discharge their constitutional duties and deliver the government’s election manifesto. 

Jumhooree Party Leader Gasim Ibrahim and Mulaki MP Abdullah Yaameen were arrested during that time on the allegations of corruption within the Majlis.

In view of the GMR issue, Husnu Suood said that he supports the decision of the former President to lease the airport to GMR. He said that the government had to lease the airport to GMR because the government was short on the 700 million dollars for the project. However, he agreed that the agreement signed between the government and the GMR did not grant the full benefit to the state. He said that this happened because the government failed to hold discussions prior to taking such big steps.