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Proposed constitutional amendment in the Maldives would reserve parliament seats for women24 April 2024
An amendment to the Constitution has been proposed to reserve 33 percent of Parliament seats for women. The amendment to the Constitution was moved by Rozaina …
Proposed amendment in the Maldives would establish removal process for legislators28 March 2024
A constitutional amendment has been proposed to enable the removal of Members of Parliament if the constituents of the respective constituency vote against them…
In the Maldives, parliament rejects proposed constitutional amendment capping number of parliamentary seats and reserving seats for women and other groups29 November 2023
MPs do not endorse parliament seat drop to 76
The constitutional amendment bill submitted by Hulhudhoo MP Ilyas Labeeb seeking to allocate a percentile of par…
In the Maldives, proposed motion would dissolve decentralization chapter of constitution22 July 2020
MP Abdulla Jabir son Tuesday submitted a motion proposing to dissolve the decentralisation chapter of the constitution. As per the bill proposed by Jabir, the …
Proposed amendment prolonging parliamentary terms moves forward in the Maldives27 May 2020
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s parliamentary group has approved the government’s proposal to amend the constitution to prolong the terms of councilors.
Th…