Court hears challenge to former Auditor General’s removal
The Maldives High Court has begun hearing a case that will decide whether the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives was right to remove former Auditor General Niyaz Ibrahim more than a year ago. The case is being heard 14 months after it was filed.
29 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
The Maldives High Court has begun hearing a case that will decide whether the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives was right to remove former Auditor General Niyaz Ibrahim more than a year ago.
The case is being heard 14 months after it was filed.
Niyaz’s lawyer Ibrahim Riffath argued today that his client could not be removed from his position through an amendment to the Audit Act, four years before the end of his seven-year term.
The auditor general can only be reappointed if the post becomes vacant following the incumbent’s resignation or a parliamentary no-confidence motion, he contended.
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