Maldives Police Services has asked Prosecutor General Ahmed Muiz to prosecute the former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom for refusing to attend the Presidential Commission formed by President Mohamed Nasheed to investigate alleged embezzlement of state funds and resources.
Police submitted the case after necessary investigations on Thursday and Prosecutor General’s Office has confirmed receipt of the case.
The former President has submitted a case to Civil Court regarding the Commission’s attempts to summon him. The former President Gayoom sought a court order to prevent the commission from summoning him and withholding his passport.
Following the case, Civil Court has issued temporary court order to prevent the former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom from being summoned until the court issues final verdict.
The court order signed by Civil Court Judge Mohamed Hilmy stated that in the interests of dispensing fair and impartial justice, the court considers it necessary that any further attempts to summon the former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom either to the Commission or to the Police be stopped Services until the court reach a final decision on the matter.
Further, Gayoom was taken to Police early Monday evening for questioning to establish reasons for his refusal to heed the summon of the Presidential Commission. Gayoom has said that the Presidential Commission formed by President Nasheed was unconstitutional and lacks authority to summon people. Repeated summons of the commission were rejected by Gayoom.
Previously, Gayoom’s younger brother, MP for Mulaku region and Leader of the People’s Alliance (PA) Abdulla Yamin was summoned by Police for questioning for refusing to heed the commission’s summons.
Consequently, Yamin filed case at Civil Court questioning the legality of the Commission and sought a court order to prevent further summoning. Following Yamin’s case , Civil Court, has ruled that the Presidential Commission, formed by President Mohamed Nasheed on 16 May this year, to probe large scale embezzlements and corruptions of government funds and resources is legal and lack of a law governing such a commission is no excuse to prevent the commission from performing its entrusted duties.
Civil Court also ruled that Yamin may not be summoned against his free will and that if such an order is given to Police Services by the commission, Police should ignore such orders.
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