The Committee on Independent Institutions has today published their report on the dismissal of Salam and Thoha. With the committee's decision to dismiss them, both resigned from their positions earlier today.
Parliament's Committee on Independent Institutions have raised serious allegations against Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Vice President Abdul Salam and member Thoha Mohamed, alleging that they committed acts of corruption within the commission through exerting undue influence.
The Committee on Independent Institutions has today published their report on the dismissal of Salam and Thoha. With the committee's decision to dismiss them, both resigned from their positions earlier today.
According to the report, Salam had played a key role in deciding charges cannot be pressed against a former Attorney General and filing the case despite there being sufficient evidence against them. The report says Thoha also was involved in this.
Salam was also accused of halting the investigation into the Binveriya Housing scheme introduced by the former administration. There were various other allegations against Salam included in the report.
As for Thoha, there is a case where he used his influence unduly to provide compensation to a staff who had been dismissed from the commission and had a case ruled in their favour at the Employee Tribunal. Thoha had issued the compensation after using undue influence to withdraw an appeal case lodged at the High Court against the Tribunal's ruling that had been submitted by the ACC.
The report says that in providing this compensation, the ex-staff had been compensated even for durations when they had been working at two other places. This is against ACC's general policies. The compensation was of over MVR 200,000.
The report further states that this decision was made unilaterally by Thoha against the legal team's advice, after the President and Vice President of ACC had left the meeting citing conflict of interest.
Thoha is also listed as an attorney at a registered local law firm despite the Constitution stipulating that an ACC member must not serve any other jobs, the report said.
The report said that while the Article 17 (a) of the ACC Act states that in fulfilling the duties of the commission, members must not be swayed by threats or influence. Article 17(b) states that personal interest should not be involved in the resolution of any matter or establishing policies, the information received by the committee indicates that both Salam and Thoha have acted against the law.
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