Councillor suspensions challenged at High Court
The Local Government Authority’s suspension of councillors was challenged at the High Court last week as four more opposition councillors were told to stay home.
07 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
The Local Government Authority’s suspension of councillors was challenged at the High Court last week as four more opposition councillors were told to stay home.
Two members of the Lhaviyani atoll council along with the president and vice president of the Gaaf Alif atoll Dhevvadhoo island council were suspended without pay for one month starting from Sunday, media reported.
The four Maldivian Democratic Party members join 25 elected representatives suspended last month for calling on the authorities to execute a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners.
Opposition-majority councils that released statements backing the February 1 ruling went “beyond the powers and discretion” granted by the decentralisation law, contends the LGA, a supervisory body chaired by Home Minister Azleen Ahmed.
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