Maldivian President Abdullah Yamin announced the regime of the state of emergency in the republic after the decision of the Supreme Court to release a number of political leaders and dissemination of information about possible impeachment, the newspaper Avas reports.

According to the publication, the state of emergency was introduced for 15 days from Monday night. As the newspaper reports, the president also "suspended 20 constitutional rights," including privacy rights, freedom of assembly and removal from the power of the president by a decision of the parliament. In addition, the president temporarily canceled the legal acts that determine the powers of the Supreme Court.

On Sunday, the heads of the prosecutor's office, police, and the Maldives armed forces reported that the Supreme Court could remove President Abdullah Yamin from power, and said they would not obey an "unconstitutional" decision. The media reported that the military leadership in the Maldives ordered the military groups stationed on the islands to return to the Maldivian capital, Male.

Earlier, the Supreme Court of Maldives decided to cancel sentences to a number of politicians, including former President Mohammad Nasheed, and also returned deputy mandates to 12 oppositionists. The law enforcement agencies later stated that they had to obey the judicial decision, after which the head of police was dismissed, and the parliament suspended work for security reasons.

Yamin called on the Supreme Court to reconsider the verdict. He called the court's decision illegal and expressed the opinion that the cancellation of the verdict threatens the national security of the country. The Supreme Court stated that it had found no legitimate reasons for refusing to comply with the decision.

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