President’s Office has again re-announced the vacancy of a seat on the National Integrity Commission (NIC), after its chair Yoosuf Maaniu was dismissed.
A statement on the website said that the deadline for applications is set at 12:00 pm on 19th December, and those must apply must do with their criminal record history, bank and financial records for debt, and statement from the Elections Commission on political membership status.
The President’s Office had previously asked for applications on November 28th, four days after the dismissal. The re-announcement comes with a deadline extension of three days, as it was previously until 6th December.
Maaniu’s dismissal was announced six days after he made a post on his Twitter account about senior officers of the police obstructing an ongoing NIC probe. a source from within the commission that officers had made its staff delete photographs they had taken of prisoner holding cells operated by the police in Villingili of Gaafu Alifu Atoll.
Time for diplomacy is over those even in @PoliceMv leadership who obstruct our investigations will face the full legal power of NIC. We will succeed in protecting INNOCENT civilians and police officers as well. Allah Bless.
— Maaniu (@yoosufmaaniu) November 18, 2017
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