Jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed, who was living in self-imposed exile in the UK, has traveled to neighbouring Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Nasheed's latest visit to Sri Lanka comes a day after the now united opposition claimed a major victory in its efforts against the government.
The government on Tuesday had lost its control in parliament after the opposition garnered the signatures of 45 lawmakers to file a fresh censure motion to unseat the speaker.
After the now opposition coalition in March had filed a second motion to unseat speaker Abdulla Maseeh, the government had engineered an amendment to the parliament rules of procedure raising the number of lawmaker signatures required to file a censure motion against the speaker and his deputy from 15 to 42.
The opposition had filed the third censure motion against Maseeh with 45 lawmakers which included nine lawmakers from the ruling party.
The duration or the reason behind Nasheed’s latest visit is yet to be disclosed. This is the former president’s third journey to Sri Lanka this year.
Former president Nasheed in Sri Lanka --
