Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has aimed strong words at the government regarding the ventilator issue that has resurfaced again following the Prosecutor General's decision not to pursue charges in the relation to the case.
In a tweet today, Nasheed said that if authorities put a lid on the ventilator case, the citizens of the country would have to bear a heavier load. He also said that this would also show that the current government had been involved in the corruption.
Nasheed, who is also the president of MDP, said that his party would not wish to stand with any government that steals from its people.
He said that these things need to change and assured that he would not let the matter go.
His comments come after the Prosecutor General's Office PGO had on Thursday notified the Anti-Corruption Commission that it would not pursue legal charges against any individuals in relation to the ventilator scam.
Sticking to its earlier decision of forgoing legal charges against any individual, PGO said that it had reviewed the additional information the ACC had submitted to the Office and found no concrete evidence that would support the charges relating to the scam.
It said that the reasons it had given for not pursuing legal charges in the case still remained relevant and hence would continue with its decision not to press charges.
But the PGO refused to clarify whether it had requested the ACC for further evidence that would back its claim of corruption within the transactions made to buy ventilators to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
