Delicate and sensitive: Maldives seeks to reassure international community again
There has been widespread condemnation about President Abdulla Yameen’s administration and the country’s vital tourism industry has taken a beating as holidaymakers stay away.
21 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
The state of emergency was a last resort to ensure national security and to safeguard the peace and stability of the Maldives, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, even as the government was being criticised at home and abroad for extending it by a further 30 days.
It was initially declared after a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court that ordered the release of prisoners, who are also President Abdulla Yameen’s opponents.
Yameen said there was an attempt to overthrow his government and that the only way to investigate it was by imposing a state of emergency.
The government maintains there is no threat to foreign nationals or tourists in the Maldives and that everyday life is largely unaffected.
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