No decision yet on Vice President’s impeachment, says PPM
Ruling party MPs say a decision has not been reached on impeaching Vice President Ahmed Adeeb yet. He is being held on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
25 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Ruling party MPs say a decision on removing Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has not been reached yet, despite local media reports of an imminent impeachment motion.
MPs of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) and its ally Maldivian Development Alliance (MDA) met with President Abdulla Yameen at 12:30 today, shortly after the president publicly announced he would not initiate an impeachment motion against Adeeb, despite saying his deputy is a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt.
Adeeb was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of links to an explosion on Yameen’s speedboat on September 28. The president escaped unhurt, but the first lady and two aides were hurt.
Local media are reporting that MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla proposed the motion, while MP Mohamed Waheed Ibrahim seconded it.
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