Talk:Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

Maumoon is one big dictator who has opressed his people for over 27 years. His cabinet has the World record for having the most family members and friends in a goverment cabinet. He knows how to decive poeple, including the Maldivians and the World.

Opposition and Neutrality

After all the back and forth and the endless revertings, we should put in some "neutrality" without oppressing the oppositional viewpoints. As a quite trustable source the AI Article should be a good starting point. Tom m 08:31, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Dictator to leave to Qatar tomorrow

Male' - Sources in Golhaabo's government have confirmed that the ailing Dictator will do a runner tomorrow to Qatar and avoid facing the public on Tuesday. Gayyoom's plans to create violence and chaos in Male' over the coming weeks is apparently not going to deter the resolve of the reformists and MDP members who are set to demonstrate on Tuesday. Golhaabo is too scared to face the public and in recent months he has opted to remain out of the country when situation is tense in Maldives.

Golhaboa

Perhaps it is about time that we mention the pejorative "Golhaaboa" (transliteration to be determined), as it has become somewhat of a popular culture. However, I believe that we must only include it if we can trace the exact meaning and origin of the word. As far as I know, it is used to refer to a dishonest person, historically (in myth or fact?) an islander who used to steal toddy (whose collecting device resembled a form of marine snail-like creature [Golhaa] when viewed from underneath the coconut palm). He was eventually caught by the islanders and as a punishment got derogatorily termed Golhaaboa, literally meaning toddy drinker. After many years of verbal abuse, this man had (reportedly) lashed out in front of the president's office accusing him of being a bigger thief, thereby deserving the term more than him. This event caught the public's attention, and was eventually assigned to Gayoom. Think we can include a summary of this in the criticim section? It would sure help deter the constant derogatory vandal efforts to include it. --Fizan 04:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

It may be difficult to determine (i.e. include it with reference) who exactly assigned Golhaboa to Gayoom. However we can say the term was popularized by Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa when he started publishing internet articles in late 2003. More recently the term has been used by weekly magazines and printed on the front pages. --Oblivious 04:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

References are almost non-existant right now.--Fizan 05:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Added golhaabo to page, if you need to expand golhaabo and golhaa, perhaps they should be on a seperate page, since the origin of the term doesn't have any direct links with MAG --N3m6 Has become since 1978

This guy seems to concur, but I am not sure this suffices to be a reference (Read under notes at the end). Warning: Profane language. --Fizan 09:12, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

GolhaaBoa!

"Golhaa Boa" is the popular name being used to describe the present president (dictator) of Maldives. Golhaa literrally is a species of shell crustacean that lives off rocky shores of Maldives. They are small and have little meat inside but very tasty. To refer tot he president as one is just to say that he is as lay as one. It is a reference to the mental degradation of the president. (Hamxa K.K) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.1.192.5 (talk • contribs) ===

Picture

Anybody got a CC licensed pic ? 05:00, 15 March 2008 (UTC) --— Preceding unsigned comment added by n3m6 (talk • contribs)