MP Privileges Bill sent to committee for amendment
08 Mar 2011, 5:25 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The MPs Privileges Bill has been today sent back to committee for review and amendment.
Out of 67 MPs present in the Majlis today, 40 of them voted in favor of sending it to the committee for amendment.
DRP MPs did not vote to send the bill to the committee, according to Haveeru, while there were two MPs who did not vote on the issue. Some DRP members did speak out during the session to call for amendments to the bill.
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Alhan Fahmy, who previously voted in favour of the bill, said during today’s parliamentary sitting that the privileges for MPs were very clearly stated in article 90 of the Maldives constitution. He called on fellow members to send the bill to committee for amendment.
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