Aslam threatens lawsuit to break parliament deadlock

MDP's parliamentary group leader Mohamed Aslam said on Sunday that parliament cannot be forced into a deadlock and if he has to he will go to the Supreme Court.

Four no-confidence motions have been moved in parliament against:

The no-confidence motions have stalled due to the failure of the parties to agree on reconstituting the standing committees after 13 members left MDP.

MDP has alleged that the delay in reconstituting the standing committees is a deliberate act by the speaker who himself faces a no-confidence motion.

Speaking on RaajjeTV's Fala Suruhi programme on Sunday, Aslam said they can "tolerate to a limit".

"We will take necessary action... The Supreme Court is also an option," he said.

Aslam pointed out that when the three powers of the state was separated, it is not acceptable even to himself to go to the Supreme Court without doing what was required within the rules of parliament. If it has to be done, he said it will be done, adding that "parliament cannot remain deadlocked".

Aslam also pointed out that while the parliament was close to going on recess, it was not ideal to move a no-confidence motion against the speaker and the deputy speaker. He said that it had to go to that extent because the speaker had been running the parliament in violation of the parliament's rules of procedure.