Maldives parliament sacks vice president over 'treason'
The Maldives parliament has sacked the country's Vice President Mohamed Jameel, accusing him of treason.
The parliament made the announcement on Wednesday, after lawmakers voted in favor of ousting Jameel on late Tuesday.
The 45-year-old Jameel is accused of colluding with the opposition against President Abdulla Yameen.
Jameel, who was the running mate of President Yameen in a controversial 2013 election, is now at loggerheads with the 56-year-old president. He accuses the president of sidelining him four months after gaining power in the November 2014 election.
The sacked vice president, who was abroad at the time of the Tuesday vote and not allowed legal representation, said Yameen was undermining the rule of law in the country.
"This is a testament to the state of the rule of law in the Maldives," Jameel announced in a media statement aired prior to the vote in parliament.
Meanwhile, President Yameen is facing international criticism over the jailing of the country's opposition leader and former president, Mohamed Nasheed.
The United Nations said Nasheed's trial on charges of terrorism in March and sentencing him to 13 years in jail was "vastly unfair," while US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that democracy was under threat in the country.
Analysts say since the toppling of the former president in February 2012, the country has been convulsed by political unrest tarnishing its image as an upmarket tourist destination.
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