The Parliament has passed the resolution that calls for a public referendum on changing the governance system of the country from a Presidential system to a Parliamentary system.
The resolution from MP for Hulhudhoo Constituency Ilyas Labeeb called for a referendum before the end of November.
But after the resolution was read before a whole house committee, an amendment was proposed to hold the public referendum before the 30th of next month.
The 31 MPs sitting on the whole house committee voted to approve the resolution along with the Amendment.
The Parliamentary session was then started and the Committee report on the resolution was opened for debate. But as none of the MPs wanted to further debate the resolution, the 35 MPs proceeded to pass the resolution proposed by MP Labeeb.
The resolution by MP Ilyas Labeeb stated that the Parliament can ask to hold a referendum without intervention from the President under Article 70 of the constitution.
Article 70 (b, 6) states that the Parliament has the power to hold public referendums on issues of public importance.
