President Mohamed Muizzu said he supports the MDP's anti-defection bill even though 13 MDP MPs defected to his People's National Congress after he took office. Parliament voted on Tuesday to accept the bill and send it to a seven-member select committee, and it passed the committee stage the following day.
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On Tuesday, Parliament voted to accept the Anti-Defection Bill, which will see MPs lose their seats should they leave the party they were in when they were elected, and sent it to a seven-member select committee for review.
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President Mohamed Muizzu speaks to Sangu TV in an interview broadcast on Friday, 29 March 2024.
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We have members who changed from the MDP. They changed for very legitimate reasons. Still, as a rule, the best way is to stay with the elected party.
The ideal way is to stay in the party that got you elected. That's the social contract with the people. So as a rule, I support the [anti-defection] bill
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Even as 13 Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) defected to join President Mohamed Muizzu's People's National Congress (PNC) once he took office
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The bill passed the committee stage the following day.
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