The parliament secretariat has not made a formal decision regarding the procession of Nasheed's no-confidence motion submitted by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
Nasheed had questioned the viability of proceeding with the motion signed by 49 parliamentary members of MDP. Following his comments, parliament secretariat on Monday, October 9 said that the motion was viable to submit according to the Constitution and parliament regulation.
However, the secretariat has not made an official decision about submitting the same motion twice within the same parliamentary session.
Article 97 of the parliament regulation states that any bill or motion dismissed during a parliamentary session cannot be submitted again during the same session, while Article 168 said that motions or resolutions will be treated the same as parliamentary bills.
However, Article 205 of the regulation does not explicitly state that a motion cannot be submitted more than once within the same session.
MDP previously submitted a no-confidence motion against Nasheed, which stalled for various reasons before it was rescinded by the party ahead of the presidential election's runoff.
Parliament regulation cites that such motions should be notified to the Speaker and members within three days of receiving the motion. According to this regulation, a decision about the motion should be made and informed by the Secretary General of parliament before 02:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11.
The first parliament sitting on a public work day following the 14-day period after the expiry of the notice should table the motion on its agenda, according to parliament regulation.
Regulation also cite that other proceedings of the legislative can move forward only after concluding the no-confidence motion.
MDP said that it moved forward with the second no-confidence against Nasheed and said that the Speaker had been placing items on parliament agenda for personal motives and with the intention of harming the party.
The motion further accused Nasheed of siding with parliamentarians attempting to undermine the decorum of the parliament, and had continued to proceed with sittings in violation of regulations.
MDP's motion also alleged that the speaker deliberately halted parliament proceedings for an extended period while favoring sittings for his party, The Democrats.
However, The Democrats allege that MDP's no-confidence motion was an attempt to disrupt Dr. Mohamed Muizzu's swearing-in as the next president and divert attention from the alleged misconduct and corruption of the current government led by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
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