Velezinee files charges against JSC members ahead of High Court appointments
15 Jan 2011, 1:05 PM
President’s Member on the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) Aishath Velezinee on Thursday filed criminal charges with police against six members of the JSC, ahead of the panel’s interviewing of potential High Court judges this weekend.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam confirmed that Velezinee had pressed charges against the JSC members, and said police were now investigating the matter.
In a letter she also distributed to candidates attending the panel’s interviews, Velezinee stated that she had requested police investigate JSC President and Supreme Court Justice Adam Mohamed Abdulla, JSC Vice Chair and MP (DRP-PA) DrAfraasheem Ali, Criminal Court Judge Abdulla Didi, Speaker of Parliament (DRP-PA) Abdulla Shahid, former JSC President and interim Supreme Court judge (now removed) Mujuthaaz Fahmy, and Former Civil Service Commission President and current member of Civil Service Commission Dr Mohamed Latheef.
The charges filed included accusations that some MPs were influencing courts and judges “for personal gain and profit”, subverting the rule of law and obstructing the JSC from conducting its constitutional duties, “committing and attempting to commit crimes against the State using JSC and the courts as tools”, and defamation against her “with criminal intent”.
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