Sri Lanka aiding opposition coup plots, alleges lawmaker

MP Riyaz Rasheed has accused Sri Lanka of assisting alleged opposition efforts to overthrow the Maldivian government.

Speaking at a press conference Tuesday, Riyaz said he was concerned that neighbouring countries were allowing exiled Maldivian politicians to plot attempts to oust President Abdulla Yameen.

“Every Maldivian citizen has the right to believe that the efforts of opposition figures in Sri Lanka today have the possibility of disrupting our future and our independence,” the deputy parliamentary group leader of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives said.

Riyaz later told newspaper Mihaaru that Sri Lanka’s actions suggest it wants to plunge Maldives into civil war.