MMA has informed the Parliament that its Governor Ali Hashim cannot attend the meeting of the Parliament Committee on Public Accounts today due to illness.
The Governor was summoned to the Committee today after it voted to advise President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu to dismiss Hashim from his post.
However, MMA sent a letter to the Parliament saying that the Governor had not attended office due to his illness and that he wouldn't be able to make it to the committee meeting.
The meeting was scheduled for 11:00 am today. When MMA informed that the Governor would not be able to attend, the parliament canceled the meeting at which Committee members were looking to question the governor.
Earlier this month the Committee passed a motion advising President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu to sack the governor of Maldives Monetary Authority MMA Ali Hashim citing that the Governor has failed to fulfill his responsibilities.
The motion seeking the dismissal of the governor was submitted to the committee by the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament MP for Dhiggaru Constituency Ahmed Nazim.
The motion stated that MMA has failed to fully implement its Monetary Authority as the country faces economic uncertainty.
MP Nazim said that with the current economic situation, the government is earning money from the domestic market, but it is not doing anything to regulate the market.
He added that MMA's regulations are not up to date which in turn cannot prevent certain financial crimes. The motion was then put to a vote and subsequently passed by the committee.
