Parliament approves Mohamed Fayaz as high commissioner for Malaysia
04 Feb 2014, 5:01 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The People’s Majlis today approved retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohamed Fayaz (FA) as the Maldives High Commissioner for Malaysia with 39 votes in favor, 8 against, and one abstention.
Following President Yameen’s nomination of Fayaz, his name was reviewed by the parliament’s National Security Committee.
The committee approved Fayaz without interviewing him, stating that he is “in terms of academic qualifications and experience, the best candidate to be appointed as the Maldives High Commissioner for Malaysia”.
Disgraced Civil Service Commission head Mohamed Fahmy Hassan was earlier appointed as the Deputy High Commissioner for Malaysia. In 2012 the parliament dismissed Fahmy as the president of the CSC for sexual harassment of a female staff member.
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