India is ignoring facts, says Maldives

India is ignoring facts, says Maldives

Context:

• India’s public statements regarding the suspension of democracy in the Maldives have ignored facts and ground realities, said the government of President Abdulla Yameen.

Why is it in news?

• The public statements issued by the Government of India.. ignore the facts and ground realities with regard to the ongoing political developments in the Maldives.
• The assertion by India that the extension of the state of Emergency by the People’s Majlis was unconstitutional is a clear distortion of facts which ignore the Constitution and Laws of the Maldives.
• The Government of Maldives said the declaration of Emergency was backed by Article 253 of the Constitution, which empowers the President of the nation to protect national security with suspension of democracy.
• The Supreme Court had cleared the validity of the Emergency in its ruling on 21 February, 2018.