Parliament goes into sudden indefinite recess

After parliament speaker Abdulla Maseeh ended the sitting on Monday to reconvene the following day, while a motion of no-confidence against him had been submitted, the parliament secretariat has informed parliamentarians about an indefinite recess.

The secretariat had informed parliamentarians via text message that Tuesday’s sitting is to be cancelled and that parliament will reconvene at a date that is yet to be decided.

The second parliament session for this year began on 5th June. Since then, it had gone into recess for Eid al-fitr holidays after six sittings. There had been a 53-day recess between this year’s first and second sessions.

45 parliamentarians had filed the no-confidence motion against Maseeh, this includes pro-government MPs aligned with the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives.