Three Ministers Resign

In the past week, three of President Gayoom's closest advisors have resigned without warning. They are not talking about why they quit their powerful jobs. The finance and tourism ministers quit earlier this week and the economic minsiter resigned yesterday. Because tourism is the biggest source of government revenue in Maldives, all of these ministers have something to do with the failing economy. The government budget is also missing one third of its funds. The president's solution to the problem is to pretend it dosn't exist, and say that he doesn't believe his ministers. Mabye they just don't want to take the heat, or they may be planning to run for president themselves. At any rate, something is going on.