Govt will not sign current draft of SOFA, Defence Minister tells parliament
05 Jun 2013, 3:09 PM
Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim has informed parliament’s opposition-dominated Executive Oversight Committee that the government will not sign the current draft of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States.
Nazim alleged that a leaked draft of the agreement had been “doctored”, according to local media, however he refused to share the current draft with the committee.
The government would only share the draft with the National Security Committee, Attorney General Aisthath Bisham told the oversight committee.
“It’s just a draft, and is at a very infant stage,” Nazim was reported to have told the committee. “We discussed it with relevant government authorities. I myself don’t believe that the draft can be finalised without making the necessary amendments.”
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