MP Ali Niyaz, MDP – Hulhumale’ Constituency, has said that the Majority Leader, MP Mohamed Aslam, MDP – North Hithadhoo Constituency, knows how to break the deadlock in the parliament, People’s Majlis, and facilitate normal business.
Niyaz’s comments were made in response to a statement made by MP Imthiyaz Fahmy where the latter said that the Majlis cannot do normal business without bringing necessary changes to the composition of permanent committees.
According to Imthiyaz , parliamentary procedures require revising the composition of permanent committees when representations of political parties change in the Majlis.
Imthiyaz was responding to an earlier statement made by Aslam where he accused the chair of the Majlis of deliberately leading the Majlis into the present deadlock.
The Majlis was deadlocked when opposing parties filed multiple no-confidence motions against each other over the past several days.
“…Aslam is sharp in thinking and is an experienced politician” Niyaz said in a tweet praising Aslam’s abilities.
Aslam had described the present stalemate of the parliament as a deliberate attempt to delay debate on a no-confidence motion filed against Deputy Speaker Eva Abdullah.
The no-confidence motion against Eva, backed by 50 MPs, was filed in the parliament in May.
With the backing of fifty-four MPs, ruling MDP filed a no-confidence motion against Former President and the Speaker of the People’s Majlis Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday.
Aslam has appealed on the Secretariat of the Majlis to facilitate a session of the General-Purpose Committee to decide on allocating debate time on the no-confidence motion filed against Eva.
Earlier the Secretariat has said that the no-confidence motion filed at the legislative body against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed would move forward as per relevant laws.
In a tweet on Thursday the Secretariat said “the Secretariat has received documents requesting to move a no-confidence motion against the Speaker President Mohamed Nasheed. This motion will take its course on the floor according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Procedures”.
MDP’s parliamentary group filed the motion at the Majlis on Wednesday with fifty-four signatures of MPs who want to see Nasheed take his seat elsewhere in the chamber.
MDP’s Parliamentary Group decided to remove Nasheed from the Speaker’s chair as his followers in the parliament; mainly former MDP MPs, have unanimously supported a no-confidence motion against Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath.
According to practiced parliamentary procedure, at least a fourth of all the sitting MPs must back a motion to be officially accepted by the Majlis for debate. Presently the number required is twenty-two.
Debate on Eva’s no-confidence motion was scheduled for June 11. However, the debate is delayed now according to the Secretariat of the Majlis due to recent changes in the representations of political parties in the Majlis.
Niyaz’s comments were made in response to a statement made by MP Imthiyaz Fahmy where the latter said that the Majlis cannot do normal business without bringing necessary changes to the composition of permanent committees.
According to Imthiyaz , parliamentary procedures require revising the composition of permanent committees when representations of political parties change in the Majlis.
Imthiyaz was responding to an earlier statement made by Aslam where he accused the chair of the Majlis of deliberately leading the Majlis into the present deadlock.
The Majlis was deadlocked when opposing parties filed multiple no-confidence motions against each other over the past several days.
“…Aslam is sharp in thinking and is an experienced politician” Niyaz said in a tweet praising Aslam’s abilities.
Aslam had described the present stalemate of the parliament as a deliberate attempt to delay debate on a no-confidence motion filed against Deputy Speaker Eva Abdullah.
The no-confidence motion against Eva, backed by 50 MPs, was filed in the parliament in May.
With the backing of fifty-four MPs, ruling MDP filed a no-confidence motion against Former President and the Speaker of the People’s Majlis Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday.
Aslam has appealed on the Secretariat of the Majlis to facilitate a session of the General-Purpose Committee to decide on allocating debate time on the no-confidence motion filed against Eva.
Earlier the Secretariat has said that the no-confidence motion filed at the legislative body against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed would move forward as per relevant laws.
In a tweet on Thursday the Secretariat said “the Secretariat has received documents requesting to move a no-confidence motion against the Speaker President Mohamed Nasheed. This motion will take its course on the floor according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Procedures”.
MDP’s parliamentary group filed the motion at the Majlis on Wednesday with fifty-four signatures of MPs who want to see Nasheed take his seat elsewhere in the chamber.
MDP’s Parliamentary Group decided to remove Nasheed from the Speaker’s chair as his followers in the parliament; mainly former MDP MPs, have unanimously supported a no-confidence motion against Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath.
According to practiced parliamentary procedure, at least a fourth of all the sitting MPs must back a motion to be officially accepted by the Majlis for debate. Presently the number required is twenty-two.
Debate on Eva’s no-confidence motion was scheduled for June 11. However, the debate is delayed now according to the Secretariat of the Majlis due to recent changes in the representations of political parties in the Majlis.
