State prosecutors end work stoppage
13 May 2014, 6:05 PM
Lucy Lovell
State prosecutors have ended a week long work stoppage following the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday ordering them to return to work “without any further excuse.”
Although the Criminal Court scheduled trials as normal today, it was forced to cancel a majority of hearings, local media have reported.
In the absence of a prosecutor general (PG) and a deputy PG, prosecutors do not have documents authorising them to represent the state at trials.
President of the Maldives Bar Association Husnu Suood believes prosecutors may simply be paying lip service to the order, and that little progress can be made in cases during the current situation.
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