Joint Parliamentary Committee to Examine Government’s Ras Malé Project

Parliament referred an emergency motion on the Ras Malé project to a joint committee of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on State-Owned Enterprises for review. The motion, tabled by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Saleem of the Maldivian Democratic Party, received 30 out of 32 votes. Saleem raised concerns: the project commenced without public disclosure of costs, was awarded outside tender, lacks a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (covering only 29 of 1,280 hectares), and involves a 99-year lease of 70 hectares to Sri Lanka's Capital Marine and Civil Construction Company (CMC). The MVR 400 million budget for 2023 was rejected by parliament.

Parliament referred an emergency motion on the Ras Malé project to a joint committee of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on State-Owned Enterprises for review. The motion, tabled by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Saleem of the Maldivian Democratic Party, received 30 out of 32 votes. Saleem raised concerns: the project commenced without public disclosure of costs, was awarded outside tender, lacks a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (covering only 29 of 1,280 hectares), and involves a 99-year lease of 70 hectares to Sri Lanka's Capital Marine and Civil Construction Company (CMC). The MVR 400 million budget for 2023 was rejected by parliament.

Parliament referred an emergency motion on the Ras Malé project to a joint committee of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on State-Owned Enterprises for review. The motion, tabled by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Saleem of the Maldivian Democratic Party, received 30 out of 32 votes. Saleem raised concerns: the project commenced without public disclosure of costs, was awarded outside tender, lacks a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (covering only 29 of 1,280 hectares), and involves a 99-year lease of 70 hectares to Sri Lanka's Capital Marine and Civil Construction Company (CMC). The MVR 400 million budget for 2023 was rejected by parliament.

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