Maldives government on Saturday hit-back at international criticism insisting that the archipelago's international partners were 'oblivious' to the real situation.
The country has plunged into fresh political strife after the main opposition leaders penned a historic treaty against the government.
United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) have become the latest to join the chorus of international scrutiny Maldives has been facing since the failed censure motion against the parliament speaker Abdullah Maseeh.
But the backlash from the failed attempt to unseat the speaker has led to several key opposition figures being questioned by police over various allegations while opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim was arrested on Thursday.
The business magnate had been taken into custody over recent allegations of bribing fellow lawmakers and making incitements to overthrow the government.
He has since been remanded for six days.
Most of the island nation's international partners have all echoed the call to find political common-ground among the ruling parties and the opposition.
However, senior minister and national economic council chair Ahmed Zuhoor said the government had never been able to shake the unfair global criticism since it took office in 2013.
Zuhoor during a program on government aligned 'Channel 13' said democracy in the Maldives being an Islamic nation would be different to the west where the comparison was extremely unfair.
"They've not made any effort to find out what really happened. I personally don't believe that a statement saying that the parliament vote was unlawful can even be made public," he stressed.
Zuhoor reiterated that the roll-call vote was in accordance with the parliament rules of procedure as there was an "obvious fault in the electronic voting system."
In connection to Gasim's arrest, Zuhoor insisted that the government would not allow anyone to get out of having to pay state fees by putting political pressure the government.
Gasim's empire has been sanctioned over unpaid rent on an island leased to his Villa Shipping and Trading Company for resort development.
The resort tycoon had also been slapped with a travel ban to prevent him from leaving the country while the country's inland revenue department has frozen the company's account until nearly USD100 million in unpaid rent and fines are settled.
Zuhoor insisted that no one in president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom would be arbitrarily arrested or detained.
