Nasheed slammed for representing Sri Lanka at COP27

8 November 2022 10:11 am - 12 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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Maldives parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed has come under fire representing Sri Lanka at COP27, the UN's climate change summit which kicked off Sunday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh.

Nasheed left the Maldives on Friday morning for the COP27 summit. Regarding his visit, the parliament issued a statement the same day stating that he will attend COP27 as a representative of the Sri Lankan national delegation.

One of the first to criticise Nasheed was former Attorney General Dr Mohamed Munawwar. He questioned Nasheed's representation of another country while being paid by the people of Maldives as speaker.

"Where's the country? What about being loyal to the state?," Munawwar said in a tweet.

Munawwar's comments were echoed by former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Twitter.

Former Attorney General Diyana Saeed also defended the tweet and said Munawwar's remarks were not personal.

"It's a matter with legal burden, it's actually a legit issue," said Diyana, the first attorney general of Nasheed's government. As justification, she cited Articles 73 and 75 of the Constitution.

"In view of what these two articles say, the question is whether this is permissible (the Speaker of the parliament representing another country)," Diyana said in a statement.

Addu Maradhoo MP Mohamed Shareef also said that the constitution states that citizens of another country cannot be a member of the Maldives' parliament for certain reasons. One of the reasons, he said, was to reduce the space for the interests of another country to take precedence over the interests of Maldives. Shareef believes that Nasheed's conduct is against the spirit of the constitution.

"A foreigner cannot be the Speaker or member of a Maldivian parliament," Shareef tweeted in response to Munawwar's tweet.

Former assistant commissioner of police Abdullah Fairoosh, in a series of tweets, also reiterated the statements made by the two former AGs. He also questioned whether Nasheed's prioritisation of another country while acting as speaker of parliament posed a conflict of interest.

"The question that arises now is whether he [Nasheed] represents and promotes the interests of another country or any other group in parliament," Fairoosh had tweeted. (Atoll Times)

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Comments - 12

Johan Tuesday, 08 November 2022 10:44 AM

Is he paid by SL and his travel expenses incured by SL?... Utter waste.. Dont we have talented people in SL?.. Wasting money

Sena Tuesday, 08 November 2022 01:01 PM

@Johan, no we don't. Mohamed Nasheed is known to proactively gets things done.

Acid Tuesday, 08 November 2022 10:55 AM

Foreigners have become representing Sri Lanka now? Where are the Sri Lankans? This country has gone to the dogs!

Waco Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:49 PM

Where is the Sri Lankan President’s chief advisor Ruwan Wijewardana? Ruwan has been given a top position with a very high salary and perks, for which he has no any qualifications.

Mohamed Adham Tuesday, 08 November 2022 01:30 PM

Is Nasheed and his delegation representing Sri Lanka being paid out of Lankan tax payer money ? Is this because of baby myna's connection with Nasheed ?

Abbey Rash Tuesday, 08 November 2022 02:16 PM

Sri Lanka can recruit manpower from Bangladesh to run their country as we did. Let our Anni to run our parliament

Prasath Tuesday, 08 November 2022 03:23 PM

For a very long time our embassies in foreign capitals have been hiring lobby firms to represent SL, this is know to all. We have only political appointments every where, there are no proper bueurocrats in SL to represent SL, its a shame but its the truth. There was also Eric Solheim appointed as adviser for climate change, this guy and nasheed will definitely do a better job than any of our guys.

Sunil Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:28 PM

This ranil has an affinity to engage non-Sri Lankans. A tragic example is the former governor of the Central Bank, who robbed the country with his masters.

vince Tuesday, 08 November 2022 07:22 PM

Where did Ranil go? On a bloody holiday?

Kps Tuesday, 08 November 2022 07:32 PM

Don’t forget this is the Man who supported Gota when he was homeless

Sam sen Wednesday, 09 November 2022 10:45 AM

It will be a good idea to handover the SL parliament to Singapore!!

Kawadia Bandara Wednesday, 09 November 2022 02:58 PM

Singaporeans will do a better job for SL than the idiots and rogues we currently have in Parliament.

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