Maseeh No-confidence Vote
Majlis throws out no-confidence motion
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’ Moosa Manik informed lawmakers.
20 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
Four ex-PPM MPs stripped of seats
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 of Maldives
19 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
MP Rasheed caught in lie over forged signature
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.
12 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
MP Shahudhy quits PPM
Shahudhy becomes the second lawmaker to leave the ruling party since the opposition alliance submitted the no-confidence motion against Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed with 45 signatures from the 85-member house.
08 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
Ministers on media offensive as defecting lawmakers declare stand
“The opposition has mounted several such political challenges in the past, which the administration is confident of weathering once again,” the president’s spokesman Ibrahim Hussain Shihab told Reuters.
05 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
Gasim faces trial on bribery charge
Gasim has been questioned twice by the police for declaring in a speech that the allied parties would grant tickets for the 2019 parliamentary elections to MPs who vote in favour of last week’s no-confidence motion against the speaker of parliament.
04 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
No-confidence vote: roundup of reactions
The opposition alliance cried foul and western democracies expressed concern with “irregularities” but the government insisted that the vote was “free, fair, and transparent.”
01 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
No-confidence motion defeated – as it happened
Live coverage of on the no-confidence motion against Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed. The military security of the parliament has barred the media and civil society organisations from observing the sitting.
27 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Former presidents, party leaders unite to ‘restore democracy’
The four political heavyweights resolved to “safeguard civil and political rights abrogated from citizens” and “ensure elections held in the Maldives are free and fair in which candidates of political parties choosing are allowed to contest.”
25 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Both sides certain of victory ahead of no-confidence vote
Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of victory in the upcoming no-confidence vote against the parliament’s speaker.
23 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
Tax authority freezes accounts of Gasim’s Villa Shipping company
The move comes days after Gasim predicted that Villa’s accounts could be frozen ahead of Monday’s no-confidence vote against the speaker of parliament.
23 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM