28 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
Parliament resumed sittings on Sunday, ending a military lockdown of the premises and an opposition boycott of sessions.
The sitting saw the introduction of a bill to repeal the Anti-Defamation Act, a bill to repeal the Anti-Defection Act and a resolution calling on the prosecutor general and Supreme Court to review the terror conviction against former president Mohamed Nasheed.
Joint opposition lawmakers attended a parliament session for the first time since July 2017, when they launched a boycott following the removal of 12 ruling party lawmakers who had defected.
There had previously been a military presence at the parliament building. Uniformed troops blocked opposition MPs from entering, even dragging them out. In February, during a state of emergency, lawmakers were seen being manhandled and removed from the compound.
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