MP Ameeth remanded for 15 days
Arrested on Thursday night
Madduvari Constituency MP Mohamed Ameeth at Court on Friday
Madduvari Constituency MP Mohamed Ameeth has been remanded for 15 days.
He was remanded on Friday evening, following his arrest on Thursday night.
MP Ameeth was arrested on obstruction charges for breaking Police ranks outside Parliament grounds on the 24th of July.
According to his arrest warrant, Ameeth along with some other individuals who are no longer members of the parliament, had forcefully entered the parliament premises on July 24, breaking police ranks.
Earlier in July, the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of disqualifying lawmakers who leave the party, joins another or is removed from the party.
On July 24, a number of opposition lawmakers, including Ameeth, had attempted to enter the parliament building, which had been locked up by the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF). Officers from the Maldives Police Service (MPS) arrived there, and proceeded to remove the lawmakers, carrying them one by one, from the parliament grounds.
MP Ameeth was arrested under clauses 532 and 615 of the Constitution. Parliament CCTV footage and a letter from the Parliament Secretariat were submitted as evidence.
