Transitional justice office to stay till presidential term end
The ombudsperson's office was established to provide justice to those who have faced various injustices from the state.
By
Mariyam Umna Ismail
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Thursday extended the term of the Ombudsperson's Office for Transitional Justice established to provide justice to those who have faced various injustices from the state until the end of his presidential term.
The two-year period allotted to the office, set up on 17 December 2020 under the Transitional Justice Act, expires on 17 December 2022.
The President's Office said on Thursday that the office has asked President Solih to extend the period as the cases being investigated by the Ombudsperson will not be completed within the given term.
In response, the president decided:
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Extension of office till 17 December 2023
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President Solih's presidential term will end on the same day
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The president took the decision under Section 5 of the Transitional Justice Act
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The article says that if the office has not completed their work within the time stipulated in law, the President has the power to decide on how to manage the work of the office.
The transitional justice office was set up to look into human rights and dignity-related cases that took place between January 1953 and 17 November 2018. Here are some of the notable issues that the Commission looks into:
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Investigating more than 400 cases
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60 years ago, in 1962, under the then prime minister and later President Ibrahim Nasir, cases relating to the eviction of Thinadhoo
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Maldives' first president Mohamed Ameen is being investigated for his wrongful conviction.
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Atrocities committed in prisons
