SC verdict: Nasheed's no-confidence motion can move forward in Eva's absence

The Supreme Court has reached a verdict on the constitutional case regarding the Speaker's no confidence motion submitted against the Parliament by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) today.

In their verdict today, the court stated that the Parliament Secretariat had misconstrued the parliamentary regulations by limiting the presiding authority to Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla during a sitting where a no-confidence motion against the Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was placed on the agenda. The court said that the regulations should not be interpreted in a manner that could bring the functioning of the parliament to a standstill.