MDP concerned over ‘deteriorating political situation’
In the wake of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb yesterday, the main opposition party expressed concern over “the recent large deployments of security services” in Malé as well as the abrupt changes in the top leadership of the police and military and “searches of private residences by the armed forces without adequate explanation from the government.”
25 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has expressed grave concern over the “deteriorating political situation” in the wake of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s arrest yesterday.
The MDP said in a statement yesterday that Adeeb’s arrest was “the latest in a series of high-profile actions taken against senior government officials in an environment of increasingly heightened political tension.”
The party also expressed concern over “the recent large deployments of security services” in Malé as well as the abrupt changes in the top leadership of the police and military and “searches of private residences by the armed forces without adequate explanation from the government.”
Following Adeeb’s arrest on suspicion of links with an alleged bomb plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen, the police and military launched a joint-security operation in the capital yesterday and raided eight buildings, including the home of the vice president’s wife.
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