Opposition celebrates MP Mahloof’s release
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof was released Friday morning after serving 10 months and 24 days in prison on two counts of police obstruction.
10 Jun 2017, 9:00 AM
Opposition supporters gathered at the Maldivian Democratic Party meeting hall in Malé last night to welcome back MP Ahmed Mahloof and celebrate his release from prison.
The Independent MP for Galolhu South was released Friday morning after serving 10 months and 24 days on two counts of police obstruction.
“I don’t have the feeling of freedom when I’m here standing in front of this podium. What I feel today is that I’ve left the small jail of Maafushi and come to a much bigger jail,” Mahloof said at the rally.
Former Presidents Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Mohamed Nasheed and several opposition figures have been forced into exile, he added, and travel bans have been imposed on Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, MP Faris Maumoon, MP Abdulla Riyaz, Ameen Faisal and Shidhatha Shareef.
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