Former SAARC Secretary General calls for President’s impeachment as husband maneuvers party swap
29 Jan 2012, 8:03 PM
Eleanor Johnstone
Former SAARC Secretary General Dhiyana Saeed has demanded that President Mohamed Nasheed be impeached after alledgedly violating the constitution by detaining Chief Judge of the Criminal Court, Abdulla Mohamed.
Saeed’s statement follows her five-minute arrest last weekend for refusing to leave Republic Square during a nearby opposition-led protest.
Saeed recently resigned from her SAARC post after criticising the government after the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) responded to a police request to arrest and detain Abdulla Mohamed on January 16, after the judge filed a case in the high court to overrule his police summons.
Saeed, the youngest and first female to hold the SAARC post, demanded that parliament oppose the President.
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