MDP to request an emergency sitting over the Green Building fire

Opposition party Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has decided to request an emergency sitting of the Parliament in relation to the fire which broke out on Thursday morning at the Green Building which housed multiple ministries of the government, including the Housing and Construction Ministry as well as the Environment Ministry.

In a press conference yesterday, the party's parliamentary group leader MP Ibrahim Nazil said that the fire incident coincidentally took place on the last day of the Parliament's current term. As such, the Parliament was unable to do any work regarding the incident, he added.