Maldives dictator attends record 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo

Maldives dictator attends record 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo

The 15th SAARC Summit commenced in Colombo on Friday morning, amidst maximum security. Heads of states and governments from the 8 SAARC countries are attending the summit, which will mainly focus of food security and counter-terrorism in the region.

In the inaugural speech President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse said that the 15th SAARC summit would be a people-centered conference with the focus on food security, combating terrorism and the establishment of a SAARC Food Bank, SAARC Development Fund and other issues for the region's prosperity.

Four important regional agreements are expected to be signed in this 2 day summit due to conclude on Sunday 3rd August. These include an Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with the inclusion of a regional framework for cooperation in dealing with terrorism, the establishment of a SAARC Development Fund aimed at providing financial assistance for economic, social and infrastructure development projects in the region.

Dictator Gayyoom looking old and frail, holds onto President Rajapakse for support; Check out the Rolex watch that he is wearing! Golhaa pretends that he is the richest leader in SAARC region!

Maldives Dictator Maumoon Gayyoom is attending a record 15th consecutive summit, as he is the longest serving head of state in the region. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Thinley, Bangladeshi Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are also attending the summit.

In his speech, dictator Gayyoom said that he intended - note that he has not committed - to ratify a new constitution on the 7th of this month and will hold the first ever multiparty presidential election in the country. He also said that he wants to oversee a smooth transition to democracy. Little did he know that it was in fact an acceptance speech that he had been an autocratic dictator for 30 years and did not really take into consideration the wishes of his people all this time, who had been deprived of basic human rights, freedom and justice for the past 3 decades. The dictator has made similar promises before at world stages. He said in the last UN conference that he was reforming the country and is amending the constitution but now he calls it a 'new constitution' because that is the only way he can seek office for a 7th term. Claiming to be the champion of democracy after 30 years of autocratic rule is absurd.

SAARC is the largest organisation of such kind in the world, will over 1.5 billion people in its member countries comprising eight countries of South Asia.

Representatives from China, the European Union, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Republic of Korea, the United States and Mauritius are also participating as observers. Australia and Myanmar will also be given observer status in SAARC summits, it is reported.