Self exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed Sunday lambasted the archipelago's international partners over what he described a lack of concerted and meaningful effort by the international community to prevent serious political conflict in the Maldives.
In a statement released by Nasheed's office, the ex-president serving 13 years in prison for the arbitrary arrest and subsequent detention of a sitting judge while he was president said the international organisations have consistently condemned the actions of the government of Maldives, these messages have clearly failed to impress upon the government to bring about democratic change.
Nasheed further slammed the judiciary as "politically compromised judiciary, whose absolute lack of moral and professional integrity."
"The jailing of all opposition leaders, complete paralysis of the multi party system, outright politicisation of oversight bodies, blatant corruption involving the state and banning of free speech and press freedom gives no confidence that things will improve in the future," Nasheed who is now living in self exile in the UK after he was allowed to leave for medical treatment in an internationally brokered deal in January insisted.
"Taking note of the current situation, it is deeply regrettable that the international community has ignored the alarming situation in the Maldives, allowing the reversal of hard fought democratic reforms in a country they once hailed as a success story."
