Opposition denounces conviction of chief justice
The joint opposition denounced a five-month jail sentence handed to Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed as ambassadors from the US and UK questioned the possibility of free and fair polls this year.
09 May 2018, 9:00 AM
The opposition denounced a five-month jail sentence handed to Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, as ambassadors from the US and UK questioned the possibility of free and fair polls this year.
Saeed’s arrest and prosecution were unlawful, unconstitutional and politically motivated, Jumhooree Party deputy leader Dr Hussain Rasheed Hassan told reporters at a joint opposition press conference on Tuesday.
“The trial was like a stick of firecrackers burning, it was concluded at such speed,” he said, noting the court’s refusal to call the chief justice’s defence witnesses.
The chief justice was made a “sacrificial lamb” for political purposes, he added.
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