MP Ibrahim Shareef, MDP – Maradhoo Constituency, urged Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and his deputy Eva Abdullah to resign from their posts in a tweet yesterday.
According to Shareef, their negligence landed the Majlis in the present stalemate. Therefore, to be reasonable persons, both “the Speaker and the Deputy speaker must resign from their posts right away”, Shareef said.
In a national matter of the magnitude, none should put his or her personal interest first, Shareef believes.
“It will be disastrous to put such persons in those positions of responsibility”, Shareef said.
Shareef earlier claimed that the People’s Majlis was and is deadlocked deliberately and that the Speaker Mohamed Nasheed should be taken to court for leading the parliament into the stalemate.
MP Shareef made the statement in anticipation of the expiry of a notice sent to Deputy Speaker Eva Abdullah by the Secretariat of the Majlis to respond to a no-confidence motion against her on the floor.
The Secretary General of the Majlis said on Thursday that the motion could not be included in the agenda items for today.
The decision was made as debate-time allocation rules have so far not been revised by the General Purpose Committee following recent changes to representations of political parties in the Majlis. Permanent Committees have not been functioning since party affiliations in the Majlis had changed.
Shareef speaking on the stalemate, said that nobody should be given the power to hijack the legislature which constitutes one of the three branches of the government, namely the legislative, executive and the judicial branches.
He also said that the State must uphold the Constitution and ensure smooth functioning of rule of the law.
According to Shareef, the Majlis was led into the present deadlock by ‘partners-in-crime’ Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and Head of the Secretariat, Secretary General Fathimath Niusha. He describes ‘the engineered deadlock’ a rebellion (against the State).
“Legal action must be taken against the Secretary General and President Nasheed for engineering the deadlock in the Majlis,” said Shareef.
Shareef thinks that while the no-confidence motions against Deputy Speaker Eva and Speaker Nasheed do not move in the parliament, cases can be filed at the Supreme Court appealing to dismiss them from their positions.
Also, as the Majlis was led into the stalemate with assistance and participation from members of the staff of the Secretariat, corrective legal actions must be pursued against them as well, said Shareef.
In another option, Shareef suggested that the longest serving MP in the parliament could sit on the Speaker’s chair immediately, facilitating debate on the motions that had been introduced against the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
According to Shareef, their negligence landed the Majlis in the present stalemate. Therefore, to be reasonable persons, both “the Speaker and the Deputy speaker must resign from their posts right away”, Shareef said.
In a national matter of the magnitude, none should put his or her personal interest first, Shareef believes.
“It will be disastrous to put such persons in those positions of responsibility”, Shareef said.
Shareef earlier claimed that the People’s Majlis was and is deadlocked deliberately and that the Speaker Mohamed Nasheed should be taken to court for leading the parliament into the stalemate.
MP Shareef made the statement in anticipation of the expiry of a notice sent to Deputy Speaker Eva Abdullah by the Secretariat of the Majlis to respond to a no-confidence motion against her on the floor.
The Secretary General of the Majlis said on Thursday that the motion could not be included in the agenda items for today.
The decision was made as debate-time allocation rules have so far not been revised by the General Purpose Committee following recent changes to representations of political parties in the Majlis. Permanent Committees have not been functioning since party affiliations in the Majlis had changed.
Shareef speaking on the stalemate, said that nobody should be given the power to hijack the legislature which constitutes one of the three branches of the government, namely the legislative, executive and the judicial branches.
He also said that the State must uphold the Constitution and ensure smooth functioning of rule of the law.
According to Shareef, the Majlis was led into the present deadlock by ‘partners-in-crime’ Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and Head of the Secretariat, Secretary General Fathimath Niusha. He describes ‘the engineered deadlock’ a rebellion (against the State).
“Legal action must be taken against the Secretary General and President Nasheed for engineering the deadlock in the Majlis,” said Shareef.
Shareef thinks that while the no-confidence motions against Deputy Speaker Eva and Speaker Nasheed do not move in the parliament, cases can be filed at the Supreme Court appealing to dismiss them from their positions.
Also, as the Majlis was led into the stalemate with assistance and participation from members of the staff of the Secretariat, corrective legal actions must be pursued against them as well, said Shareef.
In another option, Shareef suggested that the longest serving MP in the parliament could sit on the Speaker’s chair immediately, facilitating debate on the motions that had been introduced against the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
