Majority backs parliament resolution to free Nasheed
Thirteen lawmakers from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives signed the resolution.
24 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
A resolution for the freedom of former president Mohamed Nasheed was submitted Wednesday with the support of 49 lawmakers from the 85-member parliament.
Thirteen lawmakers from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives signed the resolution, including formerly staunch allies of President Abdulla Yameen.
Submitted by MP Eva Abdulla from the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, the resolution called on the Prosecutor General and the Supreme Court to vacate Nasheed’s terrorism conviction.
It referred to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s 2015 ruling that Nasheed’s jailing was illegal and politically motivated.
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