MDP Parliamentary Group has submitted the resolution calling for a no-confidence vote against Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed to the legislative house today.
Speaking at a news conference, MDP PG leader MP Mohamed Aslam said that the resolution was submitted to the parliament with signatures from 49 MPs.
Aslam said under the Parliament Standing Order, the Speaker of the Parliament must forsee all the legislative work without bias while upholding the Constitution and Parliament's regulations but Speaker Nasheed has failed to abide by this on several occasions.
He further explained the reason for submitting the resolution by saying that the Speaker had repeatedly disregarded Parliament regulations when carrying out its work and failed to seek recommendations from the Majlis Majority Party MDP.
Meanwhile, the Parliament said in a message to the media that it has received the resolution against the Speaker today.
The Parliament said that it would proceed with the resolution as stipulated under the Constitution and the Parliament's regulations.
Last June also MDP submitted a no-confidence motion against Speaker Nasheed and his deputy MP Eva Abdullah. But the parliament remained deadlocked as both refused to chair the sessions debating each other's motion.
While the issue prolonged, MDP eventually decided not to go through with the motion right after its Presidential Candidate President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih came in second in the first round of the Presidential election held last month.
It was seen as a move to appease and gain the support of the Democrats, to which both Nasheed and Eva belong, whose Candidate gained the third highest votes in the first round of the Presidential election.
Eventually, MDP and the Democrats could not come to an agreement and the Democrats chose to remain neutral for the second round of voting which President Solih lost to PNC Candidate Dr. Mohamed Muizzu.
