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The MDP, the main opposition party that holds the majority in the Maldives Parliament, is preparing to move a motion to impeach President Mohammed Muizzu, while bringing in three members to his cabinet was not approved in a vote in Parliament on Monday. Went. This claim was made in the news. Earlier on Sunday, there was a dispute in Parliament between pro-government MPs and opposition MPs over differences over the approval of four members of the pro-China President’s cabinet. Muizzu (45) had defeated outgoing President Ibrahim Mohammad Solih, who has good relations with India, in the presidential election in September last year. Sun.com quoted an MDP MP as saying, “The MDP, in partnership with the Democrats, has gathered enough signatures for an impeachment motion.”
However, he has not submitted it yet.” According to the news of ‘The Edition.MV’, the decision to submit the impeachment motion was taken unanimously in the meeting of MDP’s parliamentary group held on Monday. ‘The Sun.com’ wrote, “The Constitution, along with the Standing Orders of Parliament, states that the President can be impeached with 56 votes.” Parliament had recently amended its Standing Orders to allow impeachment. The process of submitting proposals can be simplified. There are a total of 80 members in the Parliament of Maldives. The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has 45 members and its ally ‘The Democrats’ has 13 members. The ruling PPM-PNC alliance has two members from the Progressive Party of Maldives and 13 members from the People’s National Congress. There are three independent members, while Jamhoori Party and Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) have two members each.
Before signatures were collected for the impeachment motion against the President, the PPM-PNC alliance had submitted no-confidence motions against Speaker Mohammad Aslam and Deputy Speaker Ahmed Salim. Both belong to MDP party. Earlier in the day, Parliament voted to deny approval to Housing Minister Ali Haider Ahmed, Islamic Minister Mohammed Shaheem Ali Saeed and Attorney General Ahmed Usham, while Economy Minister Mohammed Saeed voted to deny approval, The Sun.com reported. narrowly escaped death in the process.
Pro-government MPs from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives and the People’s National Congress (PPM) coalition stormed the parliamentary chamber after the MDP and Democrats parliamentary group decided to block parliamentary approval for four members of President Muizzu’s cabinet ahead of Sunday’s vote. Protests started, disrupting the proceedings. During this period, two MPs were injured in the fight.
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