The Democrats founder Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned as the parliament Speaker on Monday, was silent on questions about his delayed resignation.
In his resignation letter addressed to the parliament's Secretary General Fathimath Niusha, Nasheed said that the ongoing issue about his no-confidence may hinder the democratic governance system.
After his resignation, Nasheed addressed the media in a press conference where reporters questioned why he did not earlier consider the hindrance his delayed resignation would pose.
While Nasheed did not respond to this directly, he said he provided full justification for his resignation in the letter.
"Everyone has been providing different explanations to me about the democratic process," Nasheed said at the press conference.
Nasheed deflected questions about his delayed resignation by highlighting the works carried out in the parliament in 2023, stating that the 19th parliament term carried out the most amount of work since the 2008 Maldives Constitution came into effect.
Despite this claim, parliament's statistics revealed that the task completion in 2019 stood at 73 percent whereas it was at just 38 percent in 2023.
The parliament was in deadlock during the last two sessions in 2023 owing to the no-confidence motion against Nasheed.
Nasheed maintained his silence about the questions of the parliament's poor performance this year as well.
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