President forms advisory committee after speedboat blast
“This is not a presidential commission or an investigative committee. It is only an advisory one to make sure yesterday’s incident will not have room to repeat,” said Ibrahim Muaz Ali, spokesperson at the president’s office. The committee includes the police and military heads of intelligence, but not the police commissioner or chief of defence forces.
29 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has formed an advisory committee with three high-ranking police and army officers in the wake of an unexplained explosion on the president’s speedboat yesterday.
Ibrahim Muaz Ali, spokesperson at the president’s office, told The Maldives Independent that the committee will advise the president to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future.
“This is not a presidential commission or an investigative committee. It is only an advisory one to make sure yesterday’s incident will not have room to repeat,” he said.
The committee does not include either the head of police or the military.
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