The rift between the Supreme Court and the government of Maldives
has pulled on. The situation is that the SC has issued order to arrest
President Abdullah Yameen while the president has refused to follow the court
order. The army has surrounded the parliament of Maldives. The SC has called
upon other democratic countries of the world to help during this political
turmoil.
Actually, the supreme court of Maldives on
Thursday last week it its verdict had ordered to release the former president,
Mohd Nasheed and other accused immediately, but the president, Mohd Yameen,
refused the abide the court order.
The court had order to release 12 members of parliament and 9
other political prisoners including Nasheed. The court had said that the
resented person must be released because they were facing the litigation
politically motivated.
Court has said, “After being complied of court order releasing the
prisoners from jail, nothing prevents to carry him an impeachment against
them.”
Actually, Abdullah Yameen’s party shall be in short majority after
releasing of 12 members of parliament, which has him endangered of an
impeachment. It is so because these members of parliament, being left the
ruling side, had joined the opposition.
Meanwhile, police have arrested two opposition members of
parliament. These MP had returned to country this Monday.
The chief opposition, Maldivian Democratic Party, has said they
were not allowed even a meeting. The government used the security force to let
not be done a meeting.
Here is a tense situation since long. The armed force have been
deployed here in parliament ‘People's Majlis’ since last march as Yameen had
ordered to expel the resentful parliamentarian
The government has said, “Any order of supreme court for the
arrest of president shall be illegal and unlawful. So the police and security
forces have been directed not comply any unlawful order.”
The present opposition leader Mohamed
Nasheed was first elected president of Maldives. He was convicted for 13 years
imprisonment in the allegation of terror during the year 2015. Abdulah Yameen
became the president of Maldives. last Thursday supreme court said in its
verdict that the case against Nasheed was politically motivated and ordered to
release them. And the court also ordered to release the 12 parliamentarians who
had gone to the opposition side.
In case the order of Supreme Court is
complied, the present president may have to go. This is the reason why he is
denying the order of Supreme Court. In the wake of this situation, the supreme
court of Maldives has called upon India to save the democracy and the
constitution.
