MDP to take province issue to Supreme Court
13 Apr 2010, 6:18 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Spokesperson for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) parliamentary group MP Ahmed Shifaz has said the parliamentary group intends to take the dispute over the province section of the decentralisation bill to the supreme court.
Shifaz said according to the constitution, when the parliament disputes an issue by resolution it has the power to ask for advice from the supreme court.
”The opposition say it is unconstitutional to divide the country in to seven provinces,” Shifaz said, ”so we are going to present a resolution to the parliament, and see what the Supreme Court says,”
He said he hoped the opposition MPs would agree to pass a resolution to hear what the Supreme Court says.
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