Government has welcomed decision of former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed to appeal his 13-year jail sentence.
Statement released by Foreign Ministry on Sunday said that government had always maintained that it was to the relevant judicial body that Nasheed needed to send his complaints to. And that government had always maintained it was Supreme Court that needed to consider advice of United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
The Foreign Ministry said that Maldivian judiciary remained free of any influence.
“The Government of Maldives respects the rule of law, and reaffirms the position that its judiciary is fully independent and impartial,” read the statement.
Nasheed’s legal team had said on Sunday that they wished to appeal the sentence, and that they had decided against appealing the sentence in High Court because two of the judges who had been in the bench with ruled against Nasheed were now in High Court.