Police unable to summon MP from refuge in Majlis
28 Oct 2013, 7:28 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Additional reporting by Zaheena Rasheed
The Criminal Court cancelled this morning’s hearing into the case of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Hamid Abdul Ghafoor who is being charged with refusal to provide a urine sample.
The Police told the Criminal Court they are unable to summon Ghafoor as per the arrest warrant because the MP is currently residing within the inviolable premises of the People’s Majlis.
In reply to a police request to detain Ghafoor, the Majlis Speaker Abdulla Shahid, in reference to Article 11 of the Parliamentary Privileges Act, told the police an MP cannot be summoned to court when Majlis sittings or parliamentary committee hearings are scheduled.
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