President appoints Hassan Ziyath as new auditor general
24 Nov 2014, 6:55 PM
Ismail Humaam Hamid
President Abdulla Yameen has today appointed Hassan Ziyath as the new auditor general within one hour of gaining parliamentary approval.
Ziyath – who received the consent of the parliament at around 1.30 pm – was handed the letter of appointment by President Yameen at a function held at the president’s office around 2.30pm.
The new auditor general won the approval of the Majlis, with 59 of the voting members from across the parties unanimously supporting his appointment.
The nomination of Ziyath for the post by President Yameen has aroused contoversy as his brother, Abdulla Ziyath was recently implicated in a US$6 million corruption scandal alongside tourism minister Ahmed Adeeb.
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