Former president Mohamed Nasheed has accused the government of forcing the resignation of Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed as well as state's plans to stall the ongoing state of emergency if Saeed refuses to comply.
While addressing on the ongoing state of emergency in Maldives, the self exiled ex-president said that though the government is continuously attempting to force Chief Justice to resign, he stands undeterred in his stance.
Nasheed reiterated that the current state aims to intimidate Saeed into resigning his authority and if he was unwilling to comply then incumbent president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom plans on stalling the state of emergency.
The former president made these allegations on current government during his interview in 'The Huddle 2018' conference from The Hindu.
"In this situation the state of emergency will be extended, president Yameen does not wish for the emergency to end and he will not lift it until Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed resigns," Nasheed said during his interview.
Nasheed stressed the emergency will come to an end on Monday, next week. Government cannot extend the state of emergency without the approval from the country's parliament.
However, People's Majilis (the local parliament house) is under military siege and has been blocked for parliamentarians to access.
The former president urged India to strongly consider in proactively intervening the critical condition of Maldives politics, and warned that if the crisis is not averted in time then it would forever close the door for the possibility of a constructive foreign intervention.
Nasheed had accused incumbent president Yameen of masterminding a solo-run presidential election. He had stressed the current head of state has engineered a possible future election without anyone contesting him.
Nasheed, who stepped off from presidency back in 2012 after completing just 3 years of his administration, noted that Yameen was readying to rule the island nation with full authoritarian control.
In addition to this, Nasheed had also detailed the controversial tweet he made earlier requesting from India to send in a special envoy with physical military presence in Maldives to intervene in the political strife.
According to the former head of state, he wished for the South-Asian giant to dispatch a top-level executive to Maldives as a special envoy to New Delhi who would have the authority to compel president Yameen to amend and reform the unconstitutional conduct.
Nasheed had also insisted that his intention for requesting for India's intervention was clearly not a call for them to physically topple the government but to facilitate the opportunity for a transparent and multi-party election in 2018 presidential run.
He also directed to an economical perspective stating the state of emergency has contributed to the loss of tourist bookings by nearly 30% with the loss of state income by 40-50%, adding it would in turn result in the government struggling to remunerate the public sector employees in the coming months.
Nasheed also highlighted his concerns over his long term rival turned political ally former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who, according to opposition is unlawfully detained.
Maldives has become accustomed to jailing the country's former heads of state in every new administration, according to Nasheed and urged the tradition needs to be expelled.
