23rd January 2012, Male’, Maldivestoday.com

By: Ahmed Hamdhoon, Haveeru

Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, Vice President of DQP

Vice President of Dhivehi Qaumee Party Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmed has said that the Criminal Court’s Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed was arrested against the international agreements signed by the country.

Speaking at a programme on DhiTV last night, Dr. Jameel who had also been detained on three separate occasions said that Judge Abdulla’s arrest was in clear violation of the international declaration on human rights, political and civil rights agreements, and also the United Nations (UN) charter.

“We are obligated to comply with such international agreements as the articles 68 and 69 of our constitution clearly state that we must abide by the international declarations that we agree upon.” he added.

The arrest of Judge Abdulla was a clear violation of international agreements, which indicates that the act was a deliberate attempt to “destroy” the regulations under the constitution, Dr. Jameel said.

“The constitution does not revolve around the president alone and has afforded specific authorities to the president, the parliament and the judiciary respectively.

But now we have witnessed the infringement of the freedom and independence of the judiciary, which is against the international agreements we follow”, he added.

He also said that the fundamental rules of the judiciary were declared by the UN in 1985, which clearly stipulates that no one must influence the judicial system in anyway.

Dr. Jameel further stated that resorting to “heavy handed” tactics when faced with adversity was against the rules of modern society.