The parliamentary committee on member's privileges and ethics have summoned former Minister of Communications Mohamed Maleeh Jamaal days after he was dismissed from his post by a parliamentary vote.
He is reportedly being summoned to the committee over allegations the ex-Minister had made during his statement to the parliamentary floor on the day a vote of no-confidence was taken against him.
His summon comes after MP for Manadhoo constituency Ahmed Haroon had brought the issue to the committee's attention. The committee summon said that it intends to question the former Minister and clarify his allegations.
During his defense statement at the parliament, Maleeh had said that 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.
His dismissal at the hands of the parliament is the first time a minister from the Administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had been dismissed by the parliament upon losing a vote of no-confidence.
Out of the 70 MPs who took part in the parliament sitting today, 59 voted for the dismissal of the Minister, who the majority party of the ruling coalition MPD say have failed in performing the duties as the Minister of Communications.
One MP had voted against his dismissal while four others refrained from voting in the no-confidence vote.
