Maldives Drops By 10 Places In Corruption Perception Index

The Maldives has dropped 10 places in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index.

Transparency Maldives released a statement today in which they announced that the Maldives has lost 3 points in this latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), prepared annually by Transparency International.

The CPI ranks 180 countries around the world regarding the public'c perception of the level of corruption present in their government. The CPI's ranking also takes specialist opinions into account.

In 2020, the Maldives had 43 points and had ranked 75 out of 180. However, in 2021, the Maldives had fallen to the 85th place with a point-score of 40.

Transparency's statement said that the Maldives has taken steps back in acting according to an implementing laws put in place to stop corruption. They said that the weakness of the judicial process in the Maldives meant that politicians and state employees could not be held accountable.

In addition, Transparency had expressed their concern in the "vacuum" that currently existed in the government's anti-corruption mechanisms given that the entire membership of the Anti-Corruption Commission had resigned late last year. Transparency called on the Majlis to quickly reinstate new members at the ACC and to consider the issues found in the performance audit and to work to solve those issues.