Anti-Defection Bill: WDC and council seats also will be lost through floor crossing

The Anti-Defection Bill submitted to parliament by opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) proposes that not only parliament members, but atoll and island councilors, as well as Women's Development Committee (WDC) members elected under decentralization policy, also lose their seats in the case of floor crossing.

The bill proposed by Baarah constituency MP Ahmed Abdulla states that if, after being elected, atoll council, island council, or WDC members move to another political party or leave the party they were elected through within their term, they will lose their seats.