MDP cries foul as presidential commissions bill returned to committee
Speaker Gasim removed the bill from the agenda after it was tabled for the fourth time.
27 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
Speaker Gasim Ibrahim on Wednesday refused to call a vote on a bill granting legal powers to presidential commissions formed to recover stolen assets and investigate unresolved murders.
At the end of Wednesday’s sitting, Gasim announced his decision to remove the bill from the agenda after it was tabled for the fourth time, citing allegations made by six members of the independent institutions oversight committee that reviewed the government-sponsored legislation in December.
The members informed him that the final draft in the committee’s report was not the revised version approved by the committee, Gasim said. The complaint needs to be investigated before the bill could be put to a vote, he added.
The announcement was met with protests from Maldivian Democratic Party MPs.
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