The Attorney General's Office has released a statement revealing that they have lodged a case at the Supreme Court seeking the revocation of the amendment to Parliament Regulations which will allow MDP to remove the President on their own votes alone.
The Attorney General's Office has stated that the amendment to the Parliament Regulations which effectively allow the impeachment of a sitting President on the votes of the opposition alone is in contravention of the Constitution.
As per the Constitution, a President can be removed through the votes of at least two third of the total number of parliamentarians. The amendment in question, brought into effect last year, decides that vacant chairs in the parliament will not be taken into consideration when counting the total.
This change has brought down the necessary number of votes to remove a President to a number that can be covered through the votes of opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) members alone.
MDP has made a decision to submit a resolution to parliament seeking the removal of President Dr Mohamed Muizzu from office, stating that they have already gathered the required amount of signatures.
The Attorney General's Office has submitted a case at the Supreme Court seeking the revocation of this article.
In a statement released by the office today, they stated that refusing to count vacant, yet existing, constituencies in calculating the total number of representatives in parliament is against the Constitution.
The statement explained that the office believes the amendment was brought outside the jurisdiction of the parliament, and hence seeks its revocation.
The Supreme Court is yet to announce its decision on accepting the case.
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