Sacked Human Rights Minister sues Speaker Shahid for role in alleged “coup d’état”
05 May 2013, 4:55 PM
Mohamed Naahee
Former SAARC Secretary General and dismissed Human Rights Minister Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed has filed a lawsuit against the Speaker of Parliament Abdulla Shahid over his decision in February 2012 to declare the presidency vacant.
The suit also asks the court to declare illegitimate the transfer of power following former President Mohamed Nasheed’s controversial resignation.
Saeed, along with her associates, previously attempted to file a similar case at the High Court requesting it rule that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s resignation was obtained under duress.
The group of attorneys claimed that following their assessment of the events that led to the former president’s controversial resignation, several legal inconsistencies and lapses that suggested the transfer of power took place illegally.
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