Chaos in Parliament: Disruptions Continue Over No-Confidence Motion Against Nasheed

Parliamentary chaos continued over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed. The Ethics Committee, with a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) majority, found Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla and MP Hassan Afeef guilty of violating parliamentary privileges. Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath advised that no member of Nasheed's Democrats should chair the session on the motion. The morning budget session was abandoned due to lack of quorum as MDP lawmakers deliberately absented themselves. The afternoon session on the no-confidence motion descended into pandemonium as MDP members protested Eva Abdulla's presiding role. Eva suspended the sitting. In a countermove, the MDP Parliamentary Group voted to submit a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla.

Parliamentary chaos continued over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed. The Ethics Committee, with a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) majority, found Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla and MP Hassan Afeef guilty of violating parliamentary privileges. Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath advised that no member of Nasheed's Democrats should chair the session on the motion. The morning budget session was abandoned due to lack of quorum as MDP lawmakers deliberately absented themselves. The afternoon session on the no-confidence motion descended into pandemonium as MDP members protested Eva Abdulla's presiding role. Eva suspended the sitting. In a countermove, the MDP Parliamentary Group voted to submit a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla.

Parliamentary chaos continued over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed. The Ethics Committee, with a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) majority, found Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla and MP Hassan Afeef guilty of violating parliamentary privileges. Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath advised that no member of Nasheed's Democrats should chair the session on the motion. The morning budget session was abandoned due to lack of quorum as MDP lawmakers deliberately absented themselves. The afternoon session on the no-confidence motion descended into pandemonium as MDP members protested Eva Abdulla's presiding role. Eva suspended the sitting. In a countermove, the MDP Parliamentary Group voted to submit a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Eva Abdulla.

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