Gasim faces trial on bribery charge
Gasim has been questioned twice by the police for declaring in a speech that the allied parties would grant tickets for the 2019 parliamentary elections to MPs who vote in favour of last week’s no-confidence motion against the speaker of parliament.
04 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim could be facing trial on a charge of attempting to bribe lawmakers to vote in favour of a no-confidence motion against the speaker of parliament.
Briefing the press on Tuesday afternoon, MP Mariya Ahmed Didi from the JP leader’s legal team, which includes two lawmakers and a former deputy prosecutor general, said the police have forwarded the bribery case to the Prosecutor General’s office.
The business tycoon has also been barred from travelling overseas for a month, she said.
The lawyers denounced the bribery charge as “baseless and politically motivated” and accused the government of seeking a pretext to jail Gasim in a bid to undermine the united opposition.
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