Parliament's powers to include sacking councillors

The Parliamentary Committee on Decentralisation, on Tuesday, amended a bill to the Decentralisation Act to allow the dismissal of council members, presidents and mayors through a parliament vote, based on submissions by the Local Government Authority (LGA).

The committee made and approved this amendment after reviewing a bill submitted by Hulhumale MP and Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)s Chairperson Ali Niyaz.