Nasheed stripped of ex-president’s privileges
President Abdulla Yameen ratified today a bill that strips former President Mohamed Nasheed of state benefits, security, and privileges. The opposition leader is no longer entitled to security and protection from military bodyguards as well as medical insurance, a monthly pension, and funds to manage the former president’s office.
19 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen ratified today a bill that strips former President Mohamed Nasheed of state benefits, security, and privileges.
The amendments brought to the 2009 Privileges and Protection for Former Presidents Act by the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives-dominated parliament on April 6 states that benefits will be revoked for an ex-president convicted and sentenced to jail for a criminal offence committed during his presidency.
Nasheed was controversially found guilty of terrorism in March 2015 over the military’s detention of a judge during his tenure and sentenced to 13 years in prison. The rushed 19-day trial drew widespread criticism over apparent lack of due process.
With the publication of the amendments in the government gazette today, the opposition leader is no longer entitled to security and protection from military bodyguards as well as medical insurance, a monthly pension, and funds to manage the former president’s office.
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