Yameen lambasts Solih’s administration at rally

Speaking to a modest-sized and orderly crowd in Malé organised by the opposition Maldives Progressive Movement and the People’s National Congress, Yameen said the government had failed to deliver on its election pledge to deliver justice. 

“When you give the powers of the courts to a presidential commission you’re destroying the judiciary. That is unconstitutional and is blatant looting of powers,” he said. 

Yameen was referring to the bill passed by parliament last month authorising search and seizure powers to the Commission on Death and Disappearances.