Without four disqualified MPs, the number of signatures on the opposition-led motion falls below 42, the minimum required to submit a no-confidence motion, Deputy Speaker 'Reeko'...
MPs Mohamed Waheed Ibrahim, Mohamed Ameeth, Saud Hussain, and Abdul Latheef Mohamed were disqualified after the EC informed parliament of their expulsion from ruling Progressive Party...
The lawmaker's arrest on a bribery charge comes amid heightened political tension ahead of next week's no-confidence vote against Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed.
The apex court explained that the ruling "cannot be enforced retrospectively" following confusion and uncertainty over the status of 10 renegade MPs who left the governing...
MP Faris Maumoon pleaded not guilty on Monday to an identity fraud charge raised over the alleged unauthorised use of the flag and logo of the...
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has been barred from travelling overseas after he was hospitalised Sunday afternoon shortly before the first hearing of a fresh trial...
Adeeb alleged that Nasheed was prosecuted because he was leading a political campaign to free former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim.
The four-party opposition alliance called the ruling "a deliberate and politically motivated attempt by President [Abdulla] Yameen" to thwart the upcoming no-confidence vote against Speaker Maseeh.
MPs will lose their seats if they either switch parties, leave or is expelled after winning on a political party ticket.
Ten PPM lawmakers who submitted resignation letters after signing an opposition-led no-confidence motion against the speaker were told that they are under investigation by the party's...
MP Ahmed Rasheed publicly confessed Tuesday to signing a no-confidence motion against the speaker of parliament despite previously alleging that his signature was forged.
Deputy Speaker ‘Reeko’ Moosa Manik signed up to the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives alongside President Abdulla Yameen at a ceremony Tuesday night. The MP for Hulhu-Henveiru...
Nine MPs have left the Progressive Party of Maldives after the Attorney General sought the anti-defection ruling, dramatically shifting the balance of power in the 85-member...
The transfers were made at the request of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Service Commission said in a statement issued late last night.
The criminal court has thrown out charges raised against Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim over the alleged bribery of lawmakers after state prosecutors failed to show...
Attorney General Mohamed Anil asked the Supreme Court to declare that an MP who leaves his party, joins another party or is expelled from his party...
President Abdulla Yameen has appointed Supreme Court Justice Abdulla Areef to the judicial watchdog body to replace Justice Ali Hameed Mohamed.
