Minister of Communications, Science, and Technology Mohamed Maleeh Jamal has struck a defiant tone at the Parliament today as the floor debated the motion of no-confidence submitted against the under-fire Minister.
Speaking in his defense at the parliament, Minister Maleeh said all the procedures related to his possible dismissal through a vote of no-confidence from the parliament have been full of deception and lies.
Minister Maleeh also said that he did not answer the summon by the parliament today to defend his job and accused that the motion of no-confidence against him was purely submitted to tarnish his good name. He accused some members of the parliament of orchestrating such an action against him.
Maleeh said that although 14 MPs have signed the motion against him, the attached documents regarding the Ministry make one ponder whether the motion was against him or not.
He added that he would not step back from making use of the right to expression as mandated by the constitution of the Maldives.
MDP Parliamentary Group Leader Ali Azim had submitted the motion of no-confidence against the Minister with the backing from 14 of his peers in the MDP parliamentary group.
The main party in the current coalition government MDP had decided to present a three-line whip in its bid to get the Minister dismissed from his post.
