The government has said that 152 out of 161 pledges set out to be completed during President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu's first 100 days or 14 weeks in office have been fulfilled. According to the "Hafthaa 14" (14 Weeks) agenda published on the President's Office website, only nine pledges remain unfulfilled.
Unfulfilled pledges
1. Appeal the judgment of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) that resulted in the loss of a portion of the southern territorial waters in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Maldives
This was one of the most important pledges during the presidential election campaign. The President's Office said 80 percent of the work has been completed. A foreign team of experts was enlisted to appeal the judgment. A local team was also formed. However, a date for filing the appeal has not been revealed yet.
2. Formulate a framework for establishing a "Housing Trust Fund"
Despite saying that the pledge was 99 percent complete, no further details were provided. Some details were previously on the President's Office website. At the time, after stating the extent to which the pledge had been fulfilled, the additional details section stated, "Collecting all data related to housing units awarded as social housing." This has since been deleted from the website. Therefore, it is unclear which tasks were 99 percent complete.
3. Formulate and publish a policy on easy repayment loans at a five percent interest rate for all new home builders
The "additional details" section on work ongoing to fulfill the pledge previously included only one sentence, which stated, "Formulating the policy on soft loans in consultation with relevant agencies."
The sentence has now been omitted from the website. Therefore, despite claiming that it was 99 percent complete, the completed tasks are unclear. A date to start issuing the soft loans has not been announced yet.
4. Commence a new housing project for the residents of Sinamale’ and Male’ Hiyaa flats
There are no signs of imminent construction work on any of the sites. The website previously stated as ongoing work to fulfill the pledge that construction had started. The additional details provided were:
- Preparing the concept and drawing of the project for special housing for residents of Sinamale' and Male' Hiyaa flats
- Allocating land needed for the project
- Contracting the developer to carry out the project
- Mobilizing at the site to begin construction work
- Beginning construction
Details of the project to be carried out by the Infrastructure Ministry were previously on the President's Office website but even the bar for the additional details section is now missing. Despite previously saying that a contractor had been enlisted to build the housing units, the identity of the company and the cost of the project were not revealed.
5. Draft and submit a bill to Parliament with minimum standards for housing to regulate housing projects
Work on drafting the bill was 99 complete, according to the website.
6. Develop a plan to resolve the parking problem in the Male’ area and launch a project to construct parking buildings
President Dr. Muizzu started talking about parking buildings when he was the mayor. It remained stalled at the time due to the government's refusal to approve the project, he said.
But construction has not started on the project that was due to be launched during his first 14 weeks in office. The President's Office website stated that preparatory work was 85 percent complete but no further details were provided.
7. Allocate land for auction shops to restart in Male’
The city council said on February 20, 2023, that the government had rejected a request to allocate land from the industrial zone to operate auction shops. However, the land has not been allocated 100 days into President Muizzu's administration. Providing land for the auction shops was a pledge of his 100-day roadmap.
8. In line with the advice and guidance from international financial institutions, announce a policy for maintaining short- and long-term debt at a level that would not burden the economy or state finances
Despite stating that 99 percent of the work needed to announce the policy has been completed, the completed tasks were not revealed.
9. Draft and submit a mental health bill to Parliament
This task was said to be 99 percent complete. Work done so far included reviewing the latest draft of the mental health bill, proposing a budget to hire a consultant for finalizing the bill after including necessary provisions, making an announcement for a consultant, hiring the consultant, identifying and drafting amendments that need to be made to the bill after consulting with stakeholders, and identifying and aligning with related laws.
While the government conceded that these nine pledges have not been completely fulfilled, some pledges said to have been 100 percent fulfilled have not been completed either.
