EU mission cannot intervene in Yameen’s detention

3 months ago

The European Union Election Observation Mission to the Maldives says it cannot do anything about the request made by Parliament speaker, former president Mohamed Nasheed, asking for support to pressure the Maldivian government to transfer the opposition leader, former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom to home confinement ahead of the presidential election. In a press conference on Thursday, the EU mission’s