PPM to file no-confidence motion in vice-president
The ruling party has collected 47 signatures on a parliamentary petition seeking a no-confidence motion in vice-president Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed.
View ArticleHeated Viber exchange exposes rift between Gayoom brothers
The tourism minister told President Abdulla Yameen's nephew, MP Faris Maumoon, that he had let the president down by refusing to vote for a constitutional amendment that bars his father and former...
View ArticleVice President told to return home, answer charges
A senior PPM MP told Minivan News today that the president asked Jameel to return and answer to the ruling party's parliamentary group over his imminent impeachment. But president's office has said...
View ArticlePPM candidates win six council by-elections by default
Candidates from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) have won six out of nine council by-elections scheduled for August 1 after no other candidates stood for the vacant island and atoll...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council mulls action against Maldives
The President of the UN Human Rights Council has called the imposition of 11 guidelines on the Maldives human rights watchdog by the Supreme Court as "unacceptable," and said he stands ready to take...
View ArticlePPM secures opposition backing to impeach vice president
Six MDP MPs and five JP MPs are among the 61 MPs who have signed a resolution to impeach vice president Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed. The resolution needs 57 votes to pass on the Majlis floor.
View Article“I only fear Allah, not the People’s Majlis,” says vice president
“It is a violation of the people’s rights when a party or an organization, at their whim, without any legal basis, removes an officer directly elected by them,” Jameel said in the first public response...
View ArticleVice president labels impeachment a ‘constitutional coup’
Vice President Dr. Mohamed Jameel has called his party's attempt to remove him a “constitutional coup” and suggested that the the international community should intervene to prevent the situation.
View ArticleAll parties, except PPM, required to re-register members
The Elections Commission has ordered all political parties, except the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives, to re-register members who had previously submitted membership forms without fingerprints.
View ArticleMDP warns against politicisation of national university
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has warned that changes proposed to the national university law for the president to appoint nine members to its council will compromise the...
View ArticleCouncil ‘defied’ court order to change un-Islamic Eid banner
The Villigili magistrate court ordered the island's council to change the phrasing on banners put up on behalf of ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Saud Hussain, which read, "MP Saud's Eid...
View ArticlePPM MPs slam Commonwealth ‘bullying’ as opposition MPs warn against isolation
President Abdulla Yameen had sought parliament's counsel on the country's membership of the Commonwealth following lobbying efforts for an assessment of Maldives’ alleged violations of the...
View ArticleParliament impeaches Vice President Dr Jameel in absentia
Jameel was removed from office with 78 votes in favour and two against. The impeachment process was initiated by the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives-Maldives Development Alliance (PPM-MDA)...
View ArticleMajlis approves foreign freeholds in second amendment to constitution
Some 70 MPs voted to allow foreigners to own land in the Maldives. Opposing MPs expressed concern over lack of public debate and say the amendments paves the way for Chinese military expansion in the...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council mulls action against Maldives
The President of the UN Human Rights Council has called the imposition of 11 guidelines on the Maldives human rights watchdog by the Supreme Court as "unacceptable," and said he stands ready to take...
View ArticlePPM secures opposition backing to impeach vice president
Six MDP MPs and five JP MPs are among the 61 MPs who have signed a resolution to impeach vice president Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed. The resolution needs 57 votes to pass on the Majlis floor.
View Article“I only fear Allah, not the People’s Majlis,” says vice president
“It is a violation of the people’s rights when a party or an organization, at their whim, without any legal basis, removes an officer directly elected by them,” Jameel said in the first public response...
View ArticleVice president labels impeachment a ‘constitutional coup’
Vice President Dr. Mohamed Jameel has called his party's attempt to remove him a “constitutional coup” and suggested that the the international community should intervene to prevent the situation.
View ArticleAll parties, except PPM, required to re-register members
The Elections Commission has ordered all political parties, except the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives, to re-register members who had previously submitted membership forms without fingerprints.
View ArticleMDP warns against politicisation of national university
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has warned that changes proposed to the national university law for the president to appoint nine members to its council will compromise the...
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