Parliament sittings, which were initially scheduled to resume after a one-week recess, postponed for an additional week
The Parliament of the Maldives has rescheduled its upcoming sittings to Monday, June 15, despite a previous announcement by the Speaker that sessions would commence this week following the conclusion of the second session's opening meeting. According to parliamentary regulations, the current session is slated to continue until August 15.
The first sitting of the People's Majlis for its second session of the year was held last Monday. | raajjemv
The People's Majlis secretariat has announced that the sittings for the second term will now commence a week later than originally scheduled, despite previously stating that they would begin this Monday.
The first sitting of the second sitting of the People's Majlis was held last Monday. Concluding that sitting, Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla announced that the Majlis would reconvene one week later, on Monday of this week.
However, in a message sent to the media on Sunday, the Parliament Secretariat announced that the sittings for the second session of the People's Majlis will commence on Monday, June 15.
While the Parliament's standing orders mandate that sessions be divided into three terms annually, this year's first session was originally scheduled to run from February 5 to May 14. However, the first session was extended until the end of May, delaying the legislative recess to facilitate proceedings regarding the motion to remove the then Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member for Dhiggaru constituency, Ahmed Nazim.
According to the regulations, the current session of Parliament will continue until August 15.
Over the past few days, several parliamentary sittings have been cut short for various reasons, while many others were cancelled altogether. The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has repeatedly expressed concern over this issue. However, sittings were not held regularly even as the term drew to a close. Furthermore, despite the extension of the current session, no significant progress has been made beyond tabling the case involving Nazim.
With Nazim tendering his resignation just half an hour before the scheduled start time, the planned sitting has been cancelled.
