Two ex-PPM MPs face loss of seats
MPs Mohamed Abdulla and Hussain Shahudhy are facing the loss of seats following their expulsion from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives.
29 Nov 2017, 9:00 AM
MPs Mohamed Abdulla and Hussain Shahudhy are facing the loss of their parliament seats following their expulsion from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives.
The PPM informed the Elections Commission of their expulsion on Tuesday after disciplinary proceedings by the party’s ethics committee, state media reported.
The EC previously decided that 10 ex-PPM MPs have been stripped of their seats because of a Supreme Court anti-defection ruling, which held that MPs who were elected on political party tickets will be disqualified once the electoral body notifies parliament that they have either left their party, been expelled, or switched parties.
MPs Mohamed Abdulla ‘Muhamma’ and Hussain Shahudhy – who represent the Ihavandhoo and Hanimadhoo constituency in the northernmost Haa Alif and Haa Dhaal atolls – were among several MPs who left the PPM in early July after backing the impeachment of the speaker.
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