President appoints clemency board
09 Mar 2010, 8:14 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
President Mohamed Nasheed has appointed a clemency board to give legal advice to the president regarding the early release of inmates after the Clemency Bill was passed by parliament.
Press secretary for the President’s Office Mohamed Zuhair said the board held a meeting today and discussed the completion of administrative work so as to begin acting as soon as possible.
Zuhair said the board would give advice to the president and it was up to him whether to follow it.
”The clemency board was not established to focus on releasing a specific person or group,” he noted.
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