Parliament approves appointment of Defence and Fisheries Ministers
15 Aug 2011, 3:13 PM
Parliament today approved the appointments of Dr Ibrahim Didi as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Tholhath Ibrahim Kaleyfan as Minister of Defence and National Security.
Dr Didi was approved 40-35 after Jumhooree Party MP Gasim Ibrahim and Independents Ahmed ‘Sun Travel’ Shiyam Mohamed, Ahmed Amir, Ali Mohamed, Ismail Abdul Hameed and Mohamed Zubair voted with the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
Tholhath Ibrahim meanwhile received parliamentary consent with 50 votes in favour and 24 against.
Both the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) and the independently functioning opposition parliamentary group had declared their intention to reject the reappointment of Dr Didi on the grounds that he had failed to receive parliamentary consent in November, 2010.
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