Opposition MDP members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee accused the Maldives Monetary Authority of politicising the financial system by allowing political office-holders to sit on bank boards. After the administration-aligned PNC moved to refer the MFSA letter to the Rules Committee, a motion to investigate failed and the committee was adjourned amid MDP dissatisfaction.
One outlet so far Only Maldives Republic has reported this among the sources we monitor. A gap in what we monitor, not proof that others did not report it.
The people believe this is how it should be.
It will not work if the central bank and banks are involved in the changing political current… Our mandate is to look into the MMA directly.
Politicising such professional institutions is a big concern.
Nothing to compare yet. If another monitored source reports it, its headline appears beside this one.
Committee Chair, MP for Maamigili Qasim Ibrahim, leader of the administration-aligned Jumhooree Party (JP), adjourned the committee even as MDP members continued to express their dissatisfaction over the matter.
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