President Abdulla Yameen’s administration this year has caused Maldives to lose the qualities of being a State, says Mohamed Shifaz, the Vice President of opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).

Speaking to RaajjeMV, Shifaz said that barring MPs from the parliament and unlawfully detaining and charging them is evidence of this.

Shifaz said that the government had realized that it had lost the support of citizens when the Yameen administration lost its majority in parliament.

The citizens had shown their lack of support for the government through their representatives in parliament, he explained.