Parliament cancelled after MDP MPs protest non-inclusion of police brutality debate
18 Jun 2012, 4:54 PM
Today’s sitting of parliament was cancelled after MPs of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) vociferously protested the non-inclusion in the agenda of a motion without notice to debate police brutality.
Shortly after the sitting began, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim – presiding in the absence of Speaker Abdulla Shahid – declared that the counselor-general had advised, in reference to section 140(c) of the parliamentary rules of procedure, that MDP’s motion “by its nature was not one that must be debated after setting aside the Majlis’ work.”
Under the rules of procedure, acceptance of a motion without notice opens the parliament floor for a one-hour debate.
Counselor-General Fathmath Filza later posted a message on Facebook explaining that, “The primary object of an urgent motion is to draw the attention of the Majlis to a recent matter of public importance having serious consequences and in regard to which a motion with proper notice will be too late.
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