Committee asked to probe Shakeel’s transfer to HC

2 weeks ago

The opposition coalition, composed of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and People’s National Congress (PNC), has lodged a case with the Parliament’s Judiciary Committee, seeking an inquiry into the decision by Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to appoint Criminal Court chief judge Ahmed Shakeel – who issued the 11-year prison sentence against former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom – to the