Former Chief Judge of the Criminal Court, Ahmed Hailam has raised the question to why the government needs a plea agreement with a bomber if there is enough evidence for a conviction.

Hailam raised the question following the statement by the Prosecutor General, Hussain Shameem yesterday saying that a plea agreements has been made with some of the suspects involved in the bombing on 6 May 2021 in an attempt to assassinate the Speaker of the Parliament, former President Mohamed Nasheed. At the press conference yesterday, PG Shameem said that enough evidence was gathered to convict those who were arrested in connection to the crime.

Taking to Twitter this morning, Hailam criticized the Prosecutor General asking why the government needs a plea agreement with someone who detonated a bomb to kill someone.

Yesterday, PG Shameem revealed that four suspects in the bombing are facing 12 charges. The suspects being charged are the person directly involved in the attack, Adhuham Ahmed Rasheed, Mujaz Ahmed, Thahumeen Ahmed and Ali Haisham.

The person who detonated the improvised explosive device (IED) used in the attack, Adhuham, is facing four charges under the Anti-Terrorism Act including, carrying out an act of terrorism, being involved in planning a terrorist attack and supporting a terrorist organisation.

He is also facing the charge of attempting murder using a dangerous weapon.