Yameen links Adeeb’s Dubai apartment rent to top politician
Yameen claimed that political leaders were reluctant to speak out against the government because of their own involvement in corruption.
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Former President Abdulla Yameen on Thursday alleged that former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s apartment rent in Dubai is being paid by a senior political leader.
Adeeb and former Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Managing Director Abdulla Ziyath were key witnesses in the corruption investigations into the MMPRC case. Adeeb, who was implicated in the matter, was later pardoned and released during the previous administration.
Speaking at a People’s National Front (PNF) rally titled Wake Up at Artificial Beach, Yameen claimed that political leaders were reluctant to speak out against the government because of their own involvement in corruption. He did not name the leader he accused but linked the allegations to wider corruption issues, including the ventilator procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yameen alleged that part of the ventilator procurement funds ended up in a Bank of Ceylon account under the name of a political leader’s daughter. He went on to claim that the same leader was also covering Adeeb’s living expenses.
“He also pays the rent of the apartment where Adeeb lives. He is a senior official in the Maldives. He operates from a Dubai account,” Yameen said.
He added, “Why would Adeeb oppose him? Adeeb has to deduct the apartment and his living expenses from someone else’s chequebook.”
Yameen further stated that while his own corruption cases were investigated and tried in court, no other leader had been subjected to similar scrutiny. “There is no president except me whose case and accounts have been examined from side to side. The court may pass verdicts, but I am the only one who has come out of court every time,” he said.
Yameen also directed criticism at Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim and Maldives National Party President Mohamed Nazim, alleging they have avoided criticising the government because they benefit from state-led projects.
