Parliament has forwarded the opposition MDP's Anti-defection Bill to a seven-member select committee for review after 41 of 51 lawmakers present voted to send it to committee on Tuesday. The bill would strip elected officials of their seats for party-switching, apply to MPs, atoll and island councils and women's development committees but not city councils, and introduce a recall vote mechanism.
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In a decisive vote on Tuesday, 41 out of the 51 lawmakers present voted to forward the bill to a committee for further scrutiny.
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In a decisive vote on Tuesday, 41 out of the 51 lawmakers present voted to forward the bill to a committee for further scrutiny.
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Parliament has forwarded the Anti-defection Bill, proposed by the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), to a seven-member select committee for review.
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