No-confidence motion submitted against PG Bisham, again

A no-confidence motion against Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham has been re-submitted to Parliament.

RaajjeMV understands that the no-confidence motion was re-submitted by Member of Parliament for South-Thinadhoo constituency, Abdulla Ahmed, about a week after he first submitted the motion, last Monday.

MP Ahmed states that he had submitted the motion against PG Bisham, for the second time, having noted some important points. He first withdrew the motion the same day he submitted it, revealing via twitter that he wanted make some amendments.

The points in the no-confidence motion now states:

PG Bisham had raised politically motivated criminal charges against then opposition-aligned lawmakers during former President Abdulla Yameen’s administration
She had been unfair and biased in the prosecution of MPs who were jailed for criminal offenses without the permit from the PG,
Not acting on the unlawful extension of prison sentences against MPs
Not taking any action as PG while some MPs were being unlawful convicted
Not taking any action as PG while MPs were being jailed and the rights of their constituents were being neglected
Not taking any action as PG while the spouse of an MP was being held 'hostage' inside police headquarters after a summons was issued for the MP
For not taking any action as PG after receiving various complaints about the poor conditions of prison cells and the negligence in providing basic rights guaranteed to convicts.

Bisham was appointed to the post of Prosecutor General in November 2015 after the removal of Muhthaz Muhsin through a no-confidence motion and was later sentenced to 17 years in prison, after the court found him guilty of forging a warrant to arrest former president Abdulla Yameen.

She previously held government posts such as then-President Yameen’s legal advisor as well as Attorney General.

While the Maldives constitution give the Parliament the constitutional power to appoint and remove PGs, Supreme Court in 2017 ruled that it shall have the final say in these matters.