President holds meeting with JSC members

President Mohamed Nasheed has held a meeting today with several members of Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

The meeting held at the President’s Office this afternoon was attended by several members of JSC including Majlis President Abdulla Shahid, President of the Civil Service Commission Mohamed Fahmee Hassan, Leader of Jumhooree Party Gasim Ibrahim, Attorney General Abdulla Muiz, President’s Member of Parliament Hussain Ibrahim and Shuaib Abdul Rahman.

The members did not respond to inquiries by reporters after the meeting.

However Sun understands that the President spoke about Article 285 which relates to the appointment of Judges to courts, and administrative issues of JSC.

JSC representative at the Parliament and Maamigili MP Gasim Ibrahim said at a press conference held this afternoon that during the meeting, he requested the President to release Judge Abdulla immediately. The President, however dismissed the request by saying that this issue was not part of the meeting agenda.

“The first thing I said when I was given the chance to speak was to release the Chief Judge of Criminal Court Abdulla Mohamed. As soon as I said this, the reply was that that was not part of the meeting agenda. The President was very rude when he said this,” Gasim said.

Gasim said that there was no scheduled agenda for the meeting. He also said that the President requested that the lower court Judges renew their oaths, which was met with refusal from himself and Majlis President.