Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, the current administration’s first Vice President, has said that police need to stop their ‘unlawful’ activities to intimidate and hinder the opposition.
The now self-exiled opposition leader said this in regards to the government searches on resorts owned by opposition Jumhoree Party (JP) leader Qasim Ibrahim.
In a tweet on Saturday, Dr Jameel said it was “good to see Police active in public safety and security,” but that it should not be a decoy to frame and criminally implicate the innocent public and politicians.
He urged the police to “cease all illegal charges” and not join the government’s “orchestrated attempt to intimidate opposition.”
Always good to see Police active in public safety and security, but it should not be a decoy to frame & criminally implicate innocent public and politicians. Police must cease all illegal charges & not partake in Govt orchestrated attempt to intimidate opposition
— Mohamed Jameel Ahmed (@MJameelAhmed) January 20, 2018
The government is being criticized by the opposition and the public over the searches, which Customs says is being conducted following allegations that the resorts have “illegally obtained” liquor.
