IPU report regarding Police violence against MPs will be kept confidential: Spokesperson

Government Spokesperson Abbas Adil Riza has said that the report by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) after their investigation into Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s accusations that security forces inflicted violence on Members of Parliament (MPs) will be kept confidential.

Riza, who just returned from Uganda after participating in the 126th IPU Summit, said that MDP had submitted a case indicating that security forces had injured members of MDP and MPs of MDP on 7, 8 and 13 February. The government has commenced an investigation into these accusations, and the report by IPU will be kept confidential until the local independent institutions complete their investigations.

“If the security forces injured them so badly, how would they take the streets and protest the very next day? Regarding the accusation that Moosa suffered a head wound and was treated in ICU – there is no such record at ADK hospital. And the accusations surrounding MP Mohamed Rasheed – I told them that he gave himself up to the Police voluntarily, and the Parliament was duly informed of this. As a result, they said that they will not publish any official report,” Riza said.

He said that IPU will complete their report within the next two or three weeks.

IPU was created in 1997 to protect the rights of Members of Parliament around the world. In addition to members from the government, Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Shahid, Galolhu Uthuru MP Eva Abdulla, Maafannu Uthuru MP Imthiyaz Fahmy, and Felidhoo MP Yoosuf Naeem participated in this year’s Summit.