Gayoom-faction condemns Nasheed’s terror conviction
Nasheed’s arrest of a judge during his tenure “was not an act of terrorism,” ex home minister Umar Naseer said, advocating for a lighter sentence of two to three years.
30 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lengthy jail sentence on a terrorism conviction was condemned Thursday by the ruling party faction led by former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
Nasheed’s arrest of a judge during his tenure “was not an act of terrorism,” former home minister, Umar Naseer declared on Thursday, revealing the Gayoom faction’s stance on the 13-year-jail sentence handed to their political nemesis.
It is also a reversal of the position Naseer and others of the Gayoom faction had stated earlier.
Naseer’s statement followed Gayoom’s withdrawal of support for his half-brother and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, who he accused of authoritarianism and corruption. The two brothers are embroiled in a battle for control of the Progressive Party of the Maldives.
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