Ruling party lawmaker stripped of seat
PPM MP Fazad joined the opposition campaign on Wednesday.
06 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
MP Ali Fazad is facing imminent disqualification from parliament after his expulsion from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives.
The PPM ethics committee decided to expel the MP for mid-Fuvahmulah at a meeting Thursday afternoon. Due to a controversial anti-defection law passed in March, Fazad will be stripped of his seat once the Elections Commission is informed of his dismissal from the party.
The contested law states that MPs elected on political party tickets would lose their seat if they left their party, got expelled, or switched parties.
Fazad, who was elected on a PPM ticket in 2014, travelled with opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to Haa Alif atoll and spoke at the opposition rally on Hoarafushi island Wednesday night.
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