Constitutional amendment required to extend council term: AG

Attorney General (AG) Ibrahim Riffath, on Monday, called on the parliament to bring forth amendments to the constitution in order to extend the term of outgoing local councillors until the delayed local council elections can be held.

AG’s comments were in response to a request by the parliament to provide input to "The Special Bill on Ensuring the Operation of Administrative Divisions of Maldives under Decentralization Policy 2020" proposed by parliamentary representative for the Henveiru-West constituency, Hassan Latheef.