President nominates his lawyer as new Prosecutor General
Ibrahim Muaz Ali, the president’s spokesperson, said in a tweet today that Aishath Bisham was the only the only candidate who applied when the president’s office invited applications last week.
18 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has nominated the legal affairs secretary at the president’s office, Aishath Bisham, to the vacant post of Prosecutor General.
Ibrahim Muaz Ali, the president’s spokesperson, said in a tweet today that Bisham was the only candidate who applied when the president’s office invited applications last week.
Bisham’s name has been submitted for parliamentary approval, he said.
The post was made vacant when the pro-government majority in parliament had removed former PG Muhthaz Muhsin in a midnight vote on November 10. He was accused of abuse of power and leaking confidential information to lawyers representing suspects arrested over the September 28 blast on the president’s speedboat.
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