Luthufee: Don’t believe Parliament would make Anti-Corruption laws

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said that with the rising number of allegations of corruption against MPs, it is not believed that they would make the laws required to fight corruption.

Raising concerns about the failure to create laws to fight corruption, the President of ACC, Hassan Luthufee told Sun Media that since the ACC was founded, numerous amendments have been suggested to the Anti-Corruption Laws to no avail. The President of ACC does not believe that the MPs want to make the amendments.

“It (corruption) is among the Parliament Members, they are the people to make the law, so they won’t be doing it.” President of ACC, Luthufee said.

He said that looking at the past two regimes, the MPs have been so “problematic” that it is difficult to run the government.

The President of the ACC said that the influence of the MPs is stronger in the Maldives than the President of the country. “This practice is not what is being taught in the books.” Luthufee said.

Luthufee said that the public has to take responsibility to correct the Parliament and so while voting to elect them, their past have to be looked into to make them more responsible.