MPs reject bill banning alcohol, approve bill governing political parties
20 Apr 2010, 7:15 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The parliament yesterday rejected a bill completely banning the importation of alcohol and pork to the Maldives
The bill on banning the importation of alcohol and pork was presented to the parliament by independent MP Ibrahim Muthalib, which he claimed was an amendment to the list of things that cannot not be imported under 75/4 of the law concerning contraband.
15 MPs voted in favour of the bill while 53 MPs voted against it. Four MPs did not vote.
“The last time I presented a bill banning the sale and usage of alcohol on inhabited islands parliament sent it off the floor claiming that it only banned particular areas (inhabited islands),” Muthalib said, upon presenting the bill.
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