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News in brief: Seven injured in fuel boat fire
The fire victims are in stable condition.
27 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
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Coalition leaders exchange barbs as campaign enters final stretch
Millionaire lawmakers won’t accept bribes, JP leader Gasim suggested.
24 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
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In minority, MDP MPs decry efforts to hamper government
Parliament’s rules were revised to allow MPs to propose legislation with monetary implications.
19 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
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Opposition courts ruling coalition leader Gasim
The Jumhooree Party leader was urged to leave the ruling coalition.
20 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
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Three more lawmakers join JP
The JP has added 12 MPs to its ranks since September’s presidential election.
28 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
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Two more lawmakers join JP
MPs Ilham Ahmed and Hussain Mohamed Latheef are the latest lawmakers to switch parties.
22 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
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MP Muhamma joins MDP
The former actor-comedian plans to contest in an MDP primary to seek re-election on the party’s ticket.
21 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM
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JP opposes key MDP manifesto pledges
Coalition partners disagree on foreign judges and shifting to a parliamentary system.
05 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
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Gasim reassures coalition partners after Umar Naseer causes rift
“Relations in the coalition that the JP joined to bring the Maldives to the path of reform will not be affected because a particular individual joined JP or due to a member’s different thinking on a particular issue,” Gasim tweeted.
19 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
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Both sides certain of victory ahead of no-confidence vote
Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of victory in the upcoming no-confidence vote against the parliament’s speaker.
23 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
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Council elections delayed for third time over flu outbreak
“President Yameen is convinced he can’t win a fair election and has delayed #LCE2017 for the 3rd time. A case of lies upon lies. Unacceptable,” tweeted former President Mohamed Nasheed, the opposition leader.
18 Mar 2017, 9:00 AM
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Elections commission to release funds owed to political parties
The commission has requested the finance ministry to distribute MVR23million (US$1.5million) among four of the six political parties
04 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
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Funding for political parties withheld
Citing leadership vacuums and complaints over reckless spending and mismanagement, the elections commission has withheld public funding for all political parties
13 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
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Gayoom rebuffs government’s demand of council-endorsed representatives for talks
The government demanded that representatives for all-party talks must be endorsed by executive councils after Gayoom appointed his son to represent the PPM. A majority of the divided ruling party’s council is seen as loyal to President Abdulla Yameen in the ongoing fued between the Gayoom brothers.
05 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
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MP questions composition of parliament’s graft-probe committee
The parliament’s public accounts oversight committee has launched an inquiry into corruption cases under investigation since 2008, including the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation corruption scandal.
24 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
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Court halts mass de-registration of political party members
The High Court issued today a stay order halting the Election Commission’s de-registration of tens of thousands of members from opposition parties.
01 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
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PPM signs up two JP MPs in show of strength
In an apparent show of strength ahead of a mass opposition protest, the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives signed up today two MPs and three island councilors from the Jumhooree Party.
24 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
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Missing weapons from state armoury ‘a national security failure’
President Abdulla Yameen as the commander-in-chief must bear full responsibility for weapons that went missing from the state armoury, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has said. The military has acknowledged that a rifle and a submachine gun found in a weapons cache discovered on Friday in the lagoon of an uninhabited island in Baa atoll were from its armoury.
01 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
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President Yameen briefs MPs on assassination attempt
President Abdulla Yameen is meeting with MPs of the ruling coalition and its former partner Jumhooree Party (JP) amid anxiety in Malé over an apparent assassination attempt on his speedboat on September 28.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
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Terrorism bill could suppress political activity, warn opposition MPs
The draft legislation states that inciting violence at demonstrations and threatening the country’s independence and sovereignty will be considered acts of terrorism and specifies penalties of up to 25 years in jail.
03 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM