Speaker appoints 5 MPs to chair parliament

Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, on Monday, announced the names of five parliament members to act as the chair of parliament in cases where the speaker and deputy speaker are unavailable.

The five members are former Minister of Home Affairs and Vilufushi MP hailing from Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Hassan Afeef, MDP's Maradhoo MP Ibrahim Shareef, Maldives Development Alliance (MDA)'s leader and Meedhoo MP Ahmed Siyam, MDP's Hithadhoo North MP Mohamed Aslam, and Jumooree Party (JP)'s leader and Maamigiili MP Qasim Ibrahim.