Thulhaadhoo councillors suspended for ‘defying orders’
The five island councillors have been suspended for a month without pay for refusing to to withhold the monthly salary of two councillors suspended earlier this year over a social media post and for attending a mass anti-government protest on May 1.
12 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
The Local Government Authority (LGA), chaired by Home Minister Umar Naseer, has suspended all five councillors from the island of Thulhaadhoo in Baa atoll for defying orders from the oversight body for local councils.
The five island councillors have been suspended for a month without pay for refusing to withhold the monthly salary of two councillors suspended earlier this year over a social media post and for attending a mass anti-government protest on May 1.
“As five members of the council have been suspended till 14 December 2015 from 15 November 2015 for disobeying orders from this authority, it is to be noted that councillors must not be allowed to participate in the council meetings and that no meetings held by the council members will be valid,” reads a letter sent from Naseer today to the senior civil servant at the council.
Thulhaadhoo councillor Ziyau Rasheed Ibrahim was among several councillors that the LGA suspended for two months without pay following their arrest from the May Day protest. Councillor Ahmed Abdul Raheem was meanwhile suspended in June over a social media post.
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