Billions to separate powers, only to consolidate them

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"Who is the People's Majlis? [Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom] Maumoon. Who is the Supreme Court? Maumoon. Who is the President? Maumoon. Who is Maumoon? Maumoon." This was a famous rhetorical device used by Reeko Moosa Manik, a prominent leader in the opposition MDP at the time, to describe the extent to which President Maumoon had consolidated power during his thirty-year