Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ahmed Nazim, who was presiding over the sitting, said that the motion could not be accepted as an emergency because it did not meet the criteria for such motions.
An emergency motion submitted to Parliament today regarding the delay in implementing the law banning Israeli passports from entering the Maldives has been rejected.
The motion, put forward by Kendhoo MP Mauroof Zakir, was submitted during the first sitting of Parliament after its long recess.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ahmed Nazim, who was presiding over the sitting, said that the motion could not be accepted as an emergency because it did not meet the criteria for such motions.
Referring to parliamentary regulations, Nazim said that an emergency motion should be used to bring urgent matters to the government's attention, particularly to criticize actions or lack thereof that directly affect citizens or the nation.
The motion filed by Mauroof Zakir criticized the government's inaction, noting that, aside from condemning the violence in Palestine, no significant steps had been taken, two years and five months after attacks began.
The Cabinet had passed an amendment to ban Israeli passport holders following a proposal from opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) MP Michael Ahmed Naseem. However, the emergency motion argued that the government had made no effort to enforce the ban.
While the Israeli passport ban remains in limbo, several other bills submitted by PNC MPs on behalf of the government have been passed and ratified in a short period.
A bill aimed at amending immigration law to prohibit entry of Israeli passport holders was accepted on May 29 last year and referred to the Security Services (241) Committee, where it remains parked in committee.
Various deadlines have been set, including an initial target for completion by February of this year. Despite mounting pressure, the bill remains in limbo.
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