Political appointees sacked after joining Nasheed's new party

It was not immediately clear how many people were dismissed.

28 May 2023

Govt has no plans to sack MRM political appointees

Members who have left the main ruling MDP and joined speaker Mohamed Nasheed's breakaway The Democrats party are being terminated.

29 May 2023

Sacking The Democrats signatories is loss to people: Nasheed

Nasheed has led his Fikuregge Dhirun faction in MDP to form a new party, but he has not left MDP yet.

29 May 2023

Saeed hits back at Muizzu office: 'You don't run govt'

“The system where the chieftain sat on his swing and ran the powerplant is behind us", he said.

8 November 2023

Political appointees get Umrah leave

Although political appointees have been granted special leave for Umrah, civil servants do not get it.

22 May 2023

Home Ministry spends over a million a month on 43 political staff

President Mohammed Muizzu's pledge is to keep the number of political positions at 700.

25 April 2024

Govt blames undisclosed political appointments on technical issue

Some of the unsuccessful candidates from PNC parliamentary primaries have recently been appointed as deputy ministers and ministers of state.

17 March 2024

Fazul appointed as Urbanco chief at ministerial level

The heads of companies are not appointed by the President or the President's Office, but by the PCB.

9 January 2024