Gov to lodge case at Supreme Court seeking revocation of amendments easing impeachment

The government has decided to submit a case at the Supreme Court regarding the amendments brought to the parliament regulations which effectively allow removal of a sitting President based on the votes of opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) aligned members alone.

As per the Constitution and the Parliament Regulations, a sitting President can be stripped of his position through the votes of two thirds of the total number of parliamentarians. At present, two thirds amount to 58 out of 87 members.