GUEST ESSAY | The housing ministry says Ahmed Zahir is getting a 1,250-square-foot plot in Hulhumalé Phase 2 for MVR468,750 because the state promised him land in 2003 and never delivered.
Former Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem argues that a 23-year-old promise may establish a grievance, but it doesn’t establish that this remedy is lawful, fair to other claimants or based on a policy that can be applied to the next case.
He also questions the ministry’s decision to refer the deal to the Anti-Corruption Commission. His point is that a body that may one day have to investigate a transaction shouldn’t help shape it first.
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