MDP MPs clamour for Nasheed’s release as parliament resumes after recess
Shortly after today’s sitting began at 9:00am, MDP MPs started chanting “Free President Nasheed” and held up banners that read, “Free President Nasheed in line with the UN decision.” The People’s Majlis reconvened for its third and final session of the year today after a one-month recess.
05 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
The parliament’s third session of 2015 started today with MPs of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) clamouring for the release of imprisoned former President Mohamed Nasheed.
Shortly after today’s sitting began at 9:00am, MDP MPs started chanting “Free President Nasheed” and held up banners that read, “Free President Nasheed in line with the UN decision.”
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that the opposition leader’s imprisonment in March was unlawful, but the government said it “will not be made to act on the basis of a non-binding opinion.”
As a first order of business, Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muiz was summoned to answer a question about chairs from the Equatorial Convention Centre in Addu City being brought to Malé for Independence Day functions in July.
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