Former Attorney General and Prominent lawyer Husnu Al Suood has been suspended.
This was announced in a statement released by the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) on Tuesday, which stated that his suspension follows an inappropriate tweet he had posted on the 24th of September, regarding the judiciary.
The announcement further reads that he is being suspended in regards to an article written by VNews.
Suood had taken to twitter upon receiving the notice from the DJA, revealing his suspension by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the occasion of it’s 05th anniversary. Suood further wrote that he will bring an end to the arbitrary suspensions of law practitioners without giving the opportunity for explanations.
I was suspended by the SC on 25th September 2013. On the occasion of its 5th anniversary today, SC suspends me from practice. #AharemenEdheyVerikameggai javaabudhaaree vumuge furusathu nudhee, arbitrary koh vakeelun suspend kurun huttuvaanan. Justice Dr. Didi must resign. pic.twitter.com/M1Ggc6dit0
— Husnu Al Suood (@hsuood) September 25, 2018
He further asserted that Chief Justice Dr. Ahmed Abdulla must resign from his post immediately.
This is not the first time the ex-Attorney General has been suspended from practicing law. His last suspension was lifted in February, after the initial Supreme Court ruling on the 01st of February ordering for the release of political prisoners and reinstatement of opposition-aligned members of parliament. Following this, he was suspended again and banned from entering the Criminal Court in mid-March.
