Maldives government approaches SC over revision of rules to enable opposition to impeach President Mohamed Muizzu

The three ministers were, however, re-appointed by Monday evening.The whole row about allowing or not of the three ministers started after seven lawmakers resigned from Parliament in November, to assume top positions in Muizzu’s administration.“But the Elections Commission decided against holding by-elections as the parliamentary elections are scheduled for this year,” online news portal Sun.mv reported on Tuesday.Taking advantage of the situation, the main opposition MDP amended Parliament’s standing orders so that vacated seats aren’t counted when determining the total number of MPs, it said.Therefore, Parliament currently requires 54 votes to impeach President Muizzu, instead of the previous 58, as, according to the amendment to the standing orders, the total number of MPs is now 80, instead of 87.Last week, the MDP and the Democrats announced an alliance to work together in the Parliament “to hold the government accountable.”“The MDP and Democrats, have 56 MPs between them; 43 MPs from MDP, and 13 from Democrats. They, therefore, have the power to impeach the president, if they wish,” Sun.com said.



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