Hi, I'm Viyu. Ask me about the stories collected here. I answer only from them, with numbered links to the outlets that published them, and I say so when they do not cover it.
Muizzu Ratifies Controversial Decentralisation Amendment and New Urban Planning Act
President Mohamed Muizzu ratified the Urban Planning and Management Act and the 13th Amendment to the Decentralisation Act on Sunday, 8 September 2024, despite opposition from local councils including the Maldives Local Council Association. The amendment integrates the two laws and requires council land use plans to be incorporated into the Physical Development Plan, while the MLCA has accused the act of centralising power in the national government.
Sources1carried itMR1 of 19 news outlets we monitor
Figures1as written, with their sentences
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.
How the reporting differs
one source so far
Maldives RepublicNews outlet
Muizzu Ratifies Controversial Decentralisation Amendment and New Urban Planning Act
Nothing to compare yet. If another monitored source reports it, its headline appears beside this one.
Figures in these reports
as written, with the sentence they come from
79 membersGovernment members in parliamentMaldives RepublicThe government holds a supermajority in the parliament with 79 members, while opposition figures have criticised the legislative process for passing government proposals without amendments.
Word for word from the report in Maldives Republic. Open the report
Other events named
no clear day, as worded
Parliament passed the Urban Planning and Management Act and the 13th Amendment to the Decentralisation Act.in AugustMaldives RepublicThe Urban Planning and Management Act and the 13th Amendment to the Decentralisation Act, both passed by Parliament in August and ratified on Sunday, have now been gazetted.
Word for word from the report in Maldives Republic. Open the report
