People’s National Congress Vice-President Ibrahim Shujau has criticized the Male’ City Hall for its lack of transparency. In a tweet made today, the former MP stated that the City Council meetings should be held live for the public. Ibrahim Shujau who is currently contesting for the Hulhumale’ Constituency seat inContinue Reading
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the new amendment to the Maldives Immigration law. The second such amendment since 2007, the amendment was proposed and passed by ruling party MDP. Under the newly ratified Immigration law two more new types of visas will be introduced for foreigners. This includes thatContinue Reading
Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has appealed to the ruling party candidates not to back out of the upcoming Local Council Election 2021. Former President Mohamed Nasheed who is also the President of the ruling party MDP made the appeal following a large number of ruling party candidates withdrawingContinue Reading
Parliament debate on the government’s proposed budget for 2021 has ended after over 15 hours of debate. Following the proposal of the budget last Monday, the MVR 34.7 billion budget was criticized by both the opposition and ruling party members. Majority of the parliamentarians criticized the budget stating the highContinue Reading
DRP Deputy Leader Abdullah Rifau has resigned from the party. The former Maafannu South constituency MP has been serving as the Deputy Leader of DRP under MP Abdullah Jabir since July 2019. In a tweet made last night, Mr. Abdullah Rifau stated that he would also be resigning from theContinue Reading
The Progressive Congress Coalition has launched its internal election to elect members for its Steering Committees. According to the Secretary General of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Mr. Mohamed Shakeel, over 1,100 applicants will be contesting for the steering committees with the 55,000 members of the coalition voting forContinue Reading
The ruling government coalition has voted against the bill proposed by MP Ahmed Thariq calling for the re-structuring of the Judicial Service Commission. MP Ahmed Thariq stated that the bill was introduced due to government influencing the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) through its current structuring. He also pointed that theContinue Reading
The Progressive Congress Coalition has released a statement following the Prosecutor General’s Decision to press charges against Acting leader of the opposition. According to the statement, the opposition coalition accuses President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of botching the COVID-19 relief efforts with the public losing confidence over the current administration overContinue Reading
The opposition Progressive Congress Coalition has submitted a no-confidence motion against the Home Minister Sheikh Imran Abdulla. The motion was backed by 11 members of the Parliamentarian, including non-partisan MPs. The no-confidence motion against the Home Minister was submitted citing the his lack of capacity in executing his duty toContinue Reading
Progressive Congress Coalition has announced that the opposition alliance will launch protests against the current administration starting next month. At a special press conference held at their office, opposition Vice-President Ibrahim Shujau alleged the top executives of the current administration of misconduct, corruption and possible espionage. Speaking at the pressContinue Reading