By – Shubhendra Singh Rajawat
Miscreants stabbed Maldives prosecutor general Hussain Shameem in Male, the capital city, according to local media.
Maldives prosecutor general Hussain Shameem, appointed by previous Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) government, was severely attacked by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday morning in Male, according to local media. According to reports from authorities, the incident did not involve a sharp object.
The incident occurred during a major political impasse between the Maldivian administration and the opposition, which is seeking to impeach President Mohamed Muizzu. Recently, violence broke out in the Maldives Parliament when government MPs disrupted the proceedings.
The day’s agenda included a vital vote on parliamentary approval for the Muizzu government.
As dramatic images emerged on social media from Male, a confrontation between MDP MP Isa and PNC MP Abdullah Shaheem Abdul Hakeem was witnessed.
Recently, two opposition groups in the Maldives spoke out against the current leadership for its’stark’ anti-India stance.
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and The Democrats issued a joint press statement describing the change in foreign policy as ‘very harmful’ to the country’s long-term growth.
The statement reaffirmed and affirmed the opposition’s opinion that “alienating any development partner, particularly the country’s most long-standing ally, will be extremely detrimental to the country’s long-term development.”
The opposition emphasized that “stability and security in the Indian Ocean is vital to the stability and security of the Maldives.”
Both the MDP and the Democrats emphasized the vital necessity for successive governments to maintain the ability “to work with all development partners for the benefit of the people of the Maldives, as the Maldives has traditionally done”.
Meanwhile, the Maldives Sun reported that the Attorney General’s Office had filed a complaint with the Supreme Court seeking a change to Parliament’s instructions that would allow opposition legislators to impeach the president.
Seven legislators resigned from Parliament in November to take prominent posts in Mohamed Muizzu’s cabinet.
MDP, which has a majority in Parliament, modified the Parliament’s orders so that vacated seats are not counted when calculating the overall number of MPs.
As a result, the Parliament now needs 54 votes to impeach President Muizzu, rather than 58, because the total number of MPs has been reduced from 87 to 80 as a result of the standing order alteration.