The no-confidence motion against Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham has been withdrawn for a second time.

The no-confidence motion was re-submitted by Member of Parliament for South-Thinadhoo constituency, Abdulla Ahmed in late November, about a week after he first submitted the motion in mid-November, having withdrawn it the same day he submitted the first time round.

MP Ahmed stated that he had first withdrawn the motion to further complete it and resubmit it. He had in late-November re-submitted after noting some important points.

He had failed to answer the station’s calls when RaajjeMV attempted to contact him for further details on why he had withdrawn it for a second time.

Parliament’s Media and Communication Director Hassan Ziyau had also confirmed the withdrawal.

The second retraction comes three months after the motion was re-submitted.

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.