Attorney General’s (AG) Office has decided to appeal the sentence by the Civil Court against the former employees of Haveeru News banning them from working at any news media outlet aside from Haveeru for two years saying that the ruling is against the law.
A statement from the AG Office said that the ruling by the Civil Court against the former employees of Haveeru is not a valid ruling and cannot be implemented.
Last Sunday, the Civil Court banned the former employees of “Haveeru” from working in any other media station, ordered Ministry of Home Affairs to penalize any employee who does so within the next 2 years.
The Attorney General, Mohamed Anil, currently in charge of the Home Ministry, said that they cannot enforce that ruling since it is not something that can be forced upon any employee within the Constitution.
After the AG made the media statement, Civil Court challenged the word of Attorney General Mohamed Anil, and ordered authorities to enforce its verdict on Haveeru case.
The statement from the AG Office tonight noted sic major points that create problems with the ruling.
AG Office said that the ruling by the Civil Court cannot be enforced by any government entity because the ruling is against the Supreme Court ruling. The AG Office said that even in the ownership dispute case of Haveeru, no ruling was made on the employees of the media outlet.
The AG Office said that no word was sought from the former employees themselves before the ruling making it against Article 42 of the Constitution which imposes unbiased proceedings of court trials.
AG Office also said that no specific employee positions were named in the sentence although there are employees of different skill and rank at Haveeru.
Among the former Haveeru employees, 33 have appealed the court order banning any Haveeru employee from working in any other media station for the next two years, submitting the case to both High Court and Supreme Court.