A number of employees at the Attorney General’s Office has advised Attorney General Mohamed Anil against extending the state of emergency announced this month.

RaajjeMV has been informed by a source from within the office that a petition in this regard had been produced, and garnered a total of 25 signatures.

The government has proposed that the 15-day state of emergency, a period that came to an end on Tuesday, be extended by 30 days.

A number of lawyers have also expressed concern about this proposition, and a number of nations has called out against it, namely India and Germany.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has also acknowledged it, as a number of news outlets reported that they Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham asked the police to free detainees apprehended on grounds of the state of emergency.