Parliament questions police, army over boat blast
“[C]onsidering what was said in that meeting, I will not point a suspicious finger at anyone. I do not want it to adversely impact the investigation. I want a proper investigation to take place,” said an MP present at the closed door meeting.
15 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
A subgroup of the parliament’s security services oversight committee met with senior police and military officers over an apparent assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen.
The emergency closed-door meeting began at 6pm and ended at 8pm.
Ahmed Nihan, the majority leader and the chair of the sub committee, told state TV that MPs want to investigate the explosion on Yameen’s speedboat on September 28 in order to support the president’s own inquiry.
In addition to Nihan, the subgroup consists of ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) MPs Abdul Raheem Abdulla and Riyaz Rasheed, Jumhooree Party MP Ilham Ahmed, Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) MP Ali Mauroof, main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party MP Mariya Ahmed Didi and religious conservative Adhaalath Party’s Anara Naeem.
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