The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) entered the Ombudsperson’s Office for Transitional Justice (OTJ) on Tuesday to investigate a complaint.
A complaint was lodged with the ACC alleging attempts to falsify the submission and completion dates on reports that were due to be issued yesterday, an OTJ employee confirmed to Adhadhu.
The ACC also confirmed it to Adhadhu later.
The investigation follows the resignation of Ombudsperson Jihaadha Anees on Monday after making similar allegations.
In a statement made public with serious allegations against the office, Jihaadha accused other Ombudspersons of revising previous decisions and falsifying attendance records of meetings they did not attend.
Jihaadha said she faced many challenges while working at the OTJ, including sexual harassment from an employee who was under the influence of drugs.
The office failed to launch inquiries into any of the cases submitted one year after the OTJ was set up, she said.
Jihaadha said she shared her concerns with President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih but the problems were not resolved.
The one year that the OTJ was able to work was a sufficient period to conclude the 496 cases that it decided to investigate, but other Ombudspersons worked with too much "flexibility" against the transitional justice law, she said.
With two weeks left of the OTJ term, Ombudspersons rushed to conclude several cases in violation of procedures, regulations and investigation rules, she alleged.
The OTJ is absent from the list of state institutions with allocations in the 2024 budget submitted by the Finance Ministry for parliamentary approval.
The office will not continue to function in the next presidential term, Adhadhu has learned.
The OTJ was established to look into systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by either persons in positions of authority or by government institutions from 1 January 1953 to 17 November 2018.
The office was mandated with seeking recognition for victims of violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and with providing peace, reconciliation and reparations.
The OTJ was created on 17 December 2020 after the ratification and enactment of the Transitional Justice Act.
