MP Ismail Ahmed ordered to pay MVR 850,000 debt to subcontractor

Ahmed Ismail (Isse), the incumbent parliamentary representative for Dhuvaafaru constituency, has been ordered by the Civil Court to settle an MVR 856,830.19 debt.

The Civil Court issued the ruling last month, in response to a lawsuit filed by a subcontractor from R. Kandholhudhoo – Isse’s home island.

The lawsuit pertains to a subcontract to build three classrooms in Th. Kandoodhoo, under a 2018 agreement signed between Isse and the Education Ministry.

The subcontractor, using his own equipment and material, carried out MVR 1,281,830.91 worth of work on the project.

But he said he was paid just MVR 425,000, and wasn’t paid the rest.

The Civil Court found on February 29 that Isse failed to pay the subcontractor as agreed, and ordered the lawmaker to settle MVR 856,830.19 in 15 days.

Isse failed to prepare a defense within the legally mandated timeframe. And the ruling was issued in his absentia.