Opposition moves no-confidence motion against FM Shahid
Parliament on Wednesday served notice to Attorney General Riffath to respond to the no-confidence motion filed against him.
A no-confidence motion against foreign minister Abdulla Shahid has been re-introduced in the parliament.
Following the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) to delimit the disputed waters between the Maldives and Chagos, the opposition announced plans to submit no-confidence motions against Shahid and President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. The parliament had already accepted a no-confidence motion against Attorney General Ibrahim Riffath three days ago.
The no-confidence motion against Shahid was first moved by members of opposition parties in the parliament on Monday, but was withdrawn within hours.
Maduvvari MP Adam Shareef, from the main opposition PPM-PNC, told reporters at the parliament secretariat on Thursday the motion was withdrawn to submit signatures of more lawmakers and to allow the parliament to carefully examine the motions against the three "traitors".
Parliament on Wednesday served notice to Attorney General Riffath to respond to the no-confidence motion filed against him over the government's stand in delimitation of the maritime boundary between the Maldives and Chagos in the south.
The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on April 28 sided with the Maldives in the dispute with Mauritius surrounding the delimitation of the maritime boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the Maldives and the Chagos archipelago, awarding a bigger portion to the Maldives.
