Maldives elects first ever Bar Council
Maumoon Hameed was elected president of the new regulatory body.
14 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
Lawyers voted on Saturday to elect the first ever Maldives Bar Council, setting up a historic self-regulatory framework for the legal profession in the country.
Maumoon Hameed beat former attorney general Husnu Suood by 142 votes to become the president. Former attorney general Abdulla Muizz was elected vice president in a landslide after competing against a former judge.
The Bar Council, created under the Legal Profession Act, regulates the work of lawyers. Enacted in June, the law transferred regulatory powers from the judiciary to the newly formed independent institution.
The Attorney General’s office and the defunct justice ministry previously regulated the legal profession. More recently, the role was taken over by the Supreme Court, which issued attorney licences.
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