Five percent of income pledged to local councils
President Solih also pledged to reserve a third of council seats for women.
24 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Thursday pledged to allocate five percent of government income to local councils and introduce a quota to reserve one third of seats for women.
The president announced the proposed changes to the Decentralisation Act at the opening ceremony of a conference with councillors of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party at the Huravee school in the capital’s suburb Hulhumalé.
In line with campaign pledges, 40 percent of income from leasing plots of land, lagoons and reefs would also be provided to councils, Solih said, along with the entirety of rent collected from land that falls under the jurisdiction of island councils.
With greater financial autonomy, councils would be able to create companies and cooperative societies, he added.
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