Former Attorney General summoned to ACC

Ibrahim Riffath, former Attorney General during the previous administration, has been summoned to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The ACC has not yet disclosed the specific case for which Riffath was summoned.

However, in connection with the corruption allegations surrounding the compensation payment made to Swift Engineering during the last MDP administration, the then Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer and the then Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail were also summoned by the ACC for questioning as part of the investigation.

Furthermore, former Minister of Education Aishath Ali was also summoned to the ACC sometime yesterday.

After being questioned for two hours for the commission's investigation, Aishath Ali's lawyer, Ahmed Mauroof, stated upon leaving that the commission's allegation involved a decision to award an "unjustified compensation." However, he added that when questioned about which party determined the compensation to be "unjustified," no specific details were provided by the commission.

Mauroof explained that Aishath Ali participated in an advisory committee, not a decision-making committee. He also said that the ACC did not question her regarding the specific allegation of having awarded an unjustified compensation.

While Fayyaz was summoned to the ACC this past Monday regarding the same issue, the summons order stated that he is being accused of misusing his official capacity as a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee in 2019 to provide undue compensation to Swift Engineering, thereby securing an unwarranted benefit for the company.

The ACC also alleges that this action circumvented a course of action that would have benefited the state.

Regarding the summoning of these officials, former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih expressed concern on X, stating that it is a series of actions aimed at intimidating MDP members by the government through political interference in independent institutions.