Maldives court reinstates four lawmakers
A total of 12 MPs were deemed to have lost their seats for defecting.
29 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
Four lawmakers have been reinstated after the Supreme Court ruled Monday they were unlawfully stripped of their seats for defecting.
Judges issued verdicts at separate hearings for MPs Abdullah Sinan, Ilham Ahmed, Saudhulla Hilmy and Abdulla Ahmed.
A dozen former ruling party lawmakers were deemed to have lost their seats when they backed impeaching the parliament speaker in mid-2017. Their defection realigned the parliamentary majority in favour of the opposition.
But their disqualification was used to quash the no-confidence motion against the speaker and restore a pro-government majority.
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