MDP condemns the arrest of their Vice President

MDP has condemned the arrest of the party’s Vice President, Mohamed Shifaz today near the Justice Building for disobeying Police orders.

A statement issued by the party today said that the Police arrested Shifaz while he was near the Justice Building since there was a hearing in the charges against members of the MDP Women’s Movement for protesting at the airport scheduled for 1 p.m. today.

In their statement, MDP said that arresting the Vice President of the largest opposition party after inviting all the political parties to hold official talks shows that the government has no sincerity to hold the talks.

MDP called for the immediate release of their Vice President and called to the relevant institutes to investigate and take steps accordingly for the arrest of Mohamed Shifaz.

Police, however, said that Shifaz was arrested for disobeying Police orders though they did not say what exactly he did.