British Parliamentary Group: No sanctions necessary for Maldives

All-Party British-Maldives Parliamentary Group (APPG) has said that no sanctions were necessary against Maldives, and that it would be the common people who would suffer any such sanction.

Delegates from APPG are currently in Maldives to access the political situation in the country, and have met with high-ranking government officials as well as officials from opposition parties.

Speaking during a press conference held at Mookai Suites on Thursday, Chairman of APPG and Conservative Party representative for British Parliament David Amos said that they visited Maafushi Prison and found no issues with the place former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is kept imprisoned in.

“We went to see the cell former President Mohamed Nasheed is kept imprisoned in. In our opinion, Nasheed is being kept in a very comfortable place compared to all the prisons we have visited in UK. It has a swing, a TV, and a quite comfortable bed. Nasheed was treated well when he was kept imprisoned,” said Amos.

APPG said that government was taking detrimental steps to improve the country’s economy.

And that everyone needed to support the government to execute the changes.

Amos said that Nasheed’s lawyer Amal Clooney was not providing accurate information on the real situation in Maldives. And that no one should make up stories and besmirch the image of the country.