Politics
Council elections turnout at 66 percent
Contrary to media reports and claims by ruling party lawmakers and ministers, the turnout in the capital was 42 percent and voters turned out in much higher numbers in the rest of the country.
16 May 2017, 09:00
Man stabbed in Malé
A 20-year-old man was stabbed Monday night near the Villimalé ferry terminal in the capital Malé. No arrests have been made so far.
16 May 2017, 09:00
Opposition candidate secures Kuribee council seat after recount
A recount of votes from a ballot box on the island of Kuribee in Haa Dhaal atoll has changed the result and averted a second round of voting between three candidates tied in third place.
15 May 2017, 09:00
Supreme court asked to restrict parliament’s powers to sack ministers
The Attorney General’s office has asked the supreme court to determine that the parliament can only dismiss cabinet ministers for committing an impeachable offence.
15 May 2017, 09:00
Female candidates win majorities on four island councils
Female candidates won majorities on island councils for the first time in the Maldives’ third municipal elections on May 6.
14 May 2017, 09:00
Independent councillor-elect joins MDP
The Vaadhoo councillor-elect is the first of 101 independent candidates who won seats in the Maldives’ third local council elections to join a political party.
14 May 2017, 09:00
Faris Maumoon barred from travelling overseas
Faris was stopped at the Velana International Airport’s immigration checkpoint Sunday morning after he checked in to fly to Bangalore, India to visit a sick relative.
14 May 2017, 09:00
Human rights commissioner resigns
Shifaq Mufeed ‘Histo,’ the vice president of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives, resigned from his post on Thursday.
13 May 2017, 09:00
Powerhouse manager transferred after election loss
The assistant manager of the state-owned powerhouse on the southern island of Thimafarushi in Thaa atoll has been transferred after refusing to resign in the wake of the ruling party’s loss in the local council elections.
13 May 2017, 09:00
JP headquarters closed after court’s ‘unconstitutional’ conditions
JP leader Gasim Ibrahim was released from police custody on the condition that he refrains from speaking in a manner that sows discord or incites unrest or allowing others to use his property to deliver such speeches.
11 May 2017, 09:00
Yameen’s family petitions UN for international investigation
The appeal for urgent action was submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and four Special Rapporteurs on the family’s behalf by pro bono international counsel Jared Genser.
11 May 2017, 09:00
Gasim released with conditions
The conditions for his release include refraining from “holding meetings with people who sow discord and strife in society,” speaking in a manner that sows discord or incites unrest and allowing others to use his home or property to deliver such speeches.
10 May 2017, 09:00
UN rights experts call for public inquiry into Yameen’s murder
The three Special Rapporteurs observed that the unsolved murder was “the latest in a series of attacks against journalists and human rights defenders expressing liberal views,” which occurred “against a backdrop of rising religious intolerance in the Maldives”.
10 May 2017, 09:00
Elections Commission begins announcing results
With results from 98 percent of 422 ballot boxes collected, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party is leading with 315 seats and the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives is trailing with 185 seats.
09 May 2017, 09:00
Lawyers spar over Gasim’s bribery charge
Gasim was charged for declaring that the allied opposition parties would grant tickets for the 2019 parliamentary elections to MPs who vote to impeach Speaker Maseeh and offering to help with their re-election campaigns.
09 May 2017, 09:00
Gayoom’s secretary-general pays MVR85k fine for contempt of court
Aleem was fined after a five-judge panel decided that he contravened a civil court ruling that stripped Gayoom of his powers as the elected leader of the Progressive Party of Maldives.
08 May 2017, 09:00
Government reinstates health insurance to private sector
The government has reversed an abrupt policy change implemented without notice on Saturday night to exclude private healthcare providers from the state’s free health insurance scheme.
08 May 2017, 09:00
Election ‘marred’ by arbitrary extension of voting hours
Administrative processes during Saturday’s local council election was “marred by the questionable decision by the Elections Commission to arbitrarily extend the voting time,” Transparency Maldives has said after observing the voting process.
07 May 2017, 09:00
Council elections outcome ‘satisfactory’ for ruling party
The ruling coalition has described the outcome of Saturday’s local council election as “a satisfactory victory” despite heavy losses in the capital and other populous islands.
07 May 2017, 09:00
Opposition declares landslide victory
Provisional results show that the MDP swept the Malé, Addu and Fuvahmulah city councils and secured majorities in other populous islands across the country.
07 May 2017, 09:00
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