The Parliament has scheduled the resolution for a no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed for next Sunday.
MP from MDP submitted the resolution against Nasheed on the 9th of this month with signatures from 49 MPs.
MDP PG leader MP Mohamed Aslam said that under the Parliament Standing Order, the Speaker of the Parliament must foresee all the legislative work without bias while upholding the Constitution and Parliament's regulations. Still, 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.
The Parliament confirmed that it had sent the notice for the resolution to the Speaker on the 12th of this month.
Today, the Communications Director at the Parliament Hassan Ziyau confirmed to the Press that the matter would be on the Parliament agenda next Sunday and that the Speaker and MPs have been notified via letters.
Under the Standing Order, the resolution should be submitted to the Parliament in the first parliamentary session held 14 days after the notice expires. The resolution should be put on the agenda of the Parliament on the 29th of this month.
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.
