Against revoking Yameen administration’s restriction on peaceful assembly: Home Minister

Minister of Home Affairs Imran Abdulla, on Tuesday, asserted that while the Solih administration did not intend to repeal the prickly restriction set on Section 24(f) of the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act (2013), amendments to the legislation would be proposed.

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Imran Abdulla, present Minister of Home Affairs, first campaigned against repealing the prickly amendment (24)f made to the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act (2013) and ratified by former President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, during meeting held by the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations in November 2019, during which Imran claimed abolishing the amendment may disrupt the system.
 When the legal alteration first came into effect, the ruling coalition lambasted it as being "unconstitutional", however, the MDP-led government enacted the motion as recently as July this year, to "protect the people of Maldives". PHOTO: MIHAARU

Rae Munavvar

2020-08-18 22:00:05

Minister of Home Affairs Imran Abdulla, on Tuesday, asserted that while the Solih administration did not intend to repeal the prickly restriction set on Section 24(f) of the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act (2013), amendments to the legislation would be proposed.

The statement was made during a meeting held by the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, attended virtually by Minister Imran.

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