No-confidence motion against Maseeh

Abdullah Shinan

Ahmed Nihan Hussain Manik

Ibrahim Shujau

Ali Arif

Mohamed Nasheed

Ali Saleem

Ali Mauroof

Abdullah Yameen

Jaufar Dauood

Mohamed Ali

Nazim Rashad

Ahmed Shiyam

Riza Ibrahim

Ahmed Thoriq

Ilham Mohamed

Ahmed Mubeen

Dr. Abdullah Khaleel

Siyam (Sun)

Ahmed Amir

Riyaz Rasheed

Hussain Manik Dhon Manik

Saud Hussain

Jameel Usman

Saudhullah Hilmy

Hussain Mohamed Latheef

Ali Shah

Ali Fazad

Ahmed Shahid

This is not a just vote. Will announce next steps soon.

MP Ahmed Nihan tweet reads as "PPMMDA Coalition's 48 members voted with strong conviction, voted to keep Parliament Speaker in, maintaining faith with the Speaker".

The no confidence motion on Speaker had failed, as all opposition Members had either walked out or escorted out of the Chambers. The remaining 48 Members of PPMMDA coalition had voted in favor of the Speaker

Parliament session begins with many MPs missing from the Parliament floor.

SO Police Officers have entered MDP office premises, remove sound systems from office.

Ameen Ibrahim, Deputy Leader of Jumhooree Party, reads as: "Voting is happening illegally in Parliament, Parliament in chaos. But MDP office is searched. Puzzling!"

MP Nihan's tweet reads as follows: "The names of following 13 Members have been announced for disrupting Parliament procedures".

RaajjeTV's tweet reads as follows: "real time video of attempts to tamper with the vote".

Deputy Speaker announces names of Gamu Constituency MP Fayyaaz Ismail and Henveyru Central Constituency MP Ali Azim.

Opposition MPs have overtaken the Speaker's table.

15 officers of Police are currently protecting Parliament Deputy Speaker Moosa Manik

MPs claim that voting system had been rigged with and that absent MPs, such as MP Mahloof, had voted in favor of the roll call motion.

MPs calim that voting system had been rigged with and that absent MPs, such as MP Mahloof, had voted in favor of the roll call motion.

Parliament session has been halted, after protests had failed to quell.

Chaos has erupted in Parliament, with most of the Opposition MPs convened near Speaker's desk, protesting the Deputy Speaker's decision.

Clauses 164 and 165 states that roll call votes can only be taken if and when the electronic voting system has an error and MPs raise objections over it. Otherwise vote must be taken using the electronic voting system.

In spite of these Clauses, the Parliament Deputy Speaker has passed to take the vote by using the roll call method. 45 MPs had voted in favor of using this method, while the rest had risen up in protest.

Voting on the no confidence motion has begun.

Shortly after Deputy Speaker Moosa Manik called on all Parliamentarians to convene, a protest had broken out on Parliament floor.

President Nasheed's tweet reads as follows: "President Yameen is now sure that he has failed in the vote, as they have retreated, claiming system errors,"

A meeting of the joint Parliamentary Groups of the Parties whose MPs that had proposed the no confidence motion on Parliament Speaker is now underway in Parliament. Maduvvaaree Constituency MP Mohamed Ameeth, a member of PPM Parliamentary Group, is also in attendance.

MP Ahmed Nihan's tweet reads as follows: "Opposition is now devastated after they had failed in their attempt to "hack" the Parliament's Electronic voting system".

Hassan Siraj, of Baa Atoll Council, was arrested outside of MDP offices, while he was wearing a t-shirt calling out against the proposed sale of Faafu Atoll.

Eye witnesses report just prior to arrest, a Member of Parliament was passing by the office and had made a gesture towards the people gathered there. The crowd had expressed their general discontent. Then Police went ahead arrested Siraj, the eyewitness reported.

An individual was arrested outside of MDP offices. The arrestee is Baa Atoll Council Member Hassan Siraj.

Galolhu-North MP Eva Abdulla tweets out why the opposition is saying "no to Maseeh".

Officers of Maldives Police Service (MPS) have instructed Raajje TV journalists to remain inside RaajjeTV premises, stating that the area was a closed off one.