Motion seeking dismissal of PG Shameem, submitted to Majlis

The People’s Majlis has received a motion seeking to dismiss Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem.

MP for Hulhudhoo constituency Mohamed Shahid submitted the motion on Tuesday.

The motion was read out at the People’s Majlis Judiciary Committee meeting held on Tuesday.

Some of the main reasons why Shameem should be sacked from his position, according to the ruling party’s lawmaker, includes the decision to file the corruption case against former Minister of Sports Ahmed Mahloof as well as the sexual assault case against former Minister of Tourism Ali Waheed.

Some of the other reasons cited by the MP include, the decision to not appeal the lower court’s verdict over the “safari rape case” that surfaced in 2020 as well as the decision to drop the charges of human trafficking, raised against former MP for Milandhoo constituency Ali Riza.

Further, the MP cited the decision to drop charges in connection with several cases linked to alcohol consumption and mentioned that Shameem took to social media platform Instagram to share a picture of a bottle of alcohol.

The motion also highlighted that Shameem had refused to look into alleged same-sex relations by a lawyer at the PG Office, alongside the decision to prosecute some and not other suspects in connection with the case linked to Alamgiri and issues with the ventilator case.

As such, the PG’s decision to not pursue charges in the ventilator corruption case was also cited as a reason.

Another reason cited by the parliamentarian was that there was discrimination among PG Office employees.

Citing all these reasons, MP Shahid has moved to oust PG Shameem.

The proposal was unanimously approved by the committee members to probe the matter further.