Parliament's Committee on Independent Institutions has today passed a motion to dismiss some members of the Elections Commission (EC) and Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Parliament's Committee on Independent Institutions has today passed a motion to dismiss some members of the Elections Commission (EC) and Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
The committee earlier commenced looking into some issues submitted against ACC Vice President Abdul Salam, ACC member Thoha Mohamed, EC Vice President Ali Nashath, EC members Mohamed Asif and Dr Mohamed Zahir, and CSC President Mohamed Nasih regarding compromised integrity and disciplinary issues.
In a closed meeting of the committee today, a decision was reached to dismiss all of the members listed above besides Nasih. It is so far unclear why the committee decided against dismissing Nasih.
When first announcing the issue of dismissal, Secretary General of the Parliament Fathimath Niusha said that Article 17 (a) of the ACC Act states that in fulfilling the duties of the commission, members must not be swayed by threats or influence. Article 17(b) states that personal interest should not be involved in the resolution of any matter or establishing policies.
The law states that a member can be dismissed if either of these two are articles are contravened, she said then, adding that multiple allegations against Salam and Thoha for acting against these articles were submitted to the Committee on Independent Institutions.
In relation to EC and CSC, the Secretary General said that relevant laws indicate that members can be dismissed if they act against disciplinary standards.
The Committee's meetings on this issue were all held closed.
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