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14 Oct 2019, 9:00 AM

Parliament removes broadcasting commissioner

Parliament on Monday dismissed the vice president of the Maldives Broadcasting Commission as recommended by the independent institutions oversight committee.
MPs voted 56-1 to remove Fathmath Zaina from the seven-member commission.
The committee also recommended the dismissal of the commission’s president but Mohamed Shaheeb resigned last week after the impeachment vote was tabled in parliament’s agenda.

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