Parliament reduces Supreme Court bench to five judges
10 Dec 2014, 6:56 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The People’s Majlis has today amended the Judicature Act to reduce the seven-member Supreme Court bench to five judges.
The amendment proposed by opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Ibrahim ‘Mavota’ Shareef passed with backing from the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) and its ally Maldives Development Alliance (MDA).
46 MPs voted in favor and 19 MPs voted against the amendment.
The MDP had issued a three-line whip against the proposal with opposition leader and former President Mohamed Nasheed claiming the amendment would allow President Abdulla Yameen to stack the bench in his favor.
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