Maldives sacks its chief prosecutor less than a day after revoking state of emergency
Allegations against Muhthaz Mushin were not disclosed during the midnight session of parliament
The Maldives parliament sacked the chief prosecutor shortly after the government bowed to international pressure and lifted a state of emergency imposed after an alleged plot to blow up the president.
At a hastily convened midnight session of parliament on Tuesday, ruling party legislators voted overwhelmingly to sack Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin without disclosing the allegations against him.
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party boycotted the vote, saying it was rushed.
The MDP believes Muhsin was removed on suspicion of supporting estranged Vice President Ahmed Adeeb who is accused of trying to topple President Abdulla Yameen.
“The prosecutor general has undoubtedly done some questionable things in the past. All those things must be looked into. However, the problem is the way this is being done through the parliament,” MDP lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed told reporters in Male early on Wednesday.
The government announced on Tuesday it was ending the week-long emergency after the honeymoon island nation’s security forces advised the security situation had improved.
