Lawmakers from the Maldives' four-party ruling coalition have been accused of sabotaging a bill on granting sweeping powers to commissions formed by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to recover stolen assets and investigate unresolved murders in the nation, which lies in the Indian Ocean.
Speaker Gasim Ibrahim ended Tuesday’s sitting of parliament without putting the bill to a vote as the number of lawmakers present was one short of the 43 members of parliament needed to pass laws. Many lawmakers refused to enter the chamber to vote on the measure. Even some coalition lawmakers were reportedly opposed to empowering the inquiry commissions.
Pictured: Parliament Speaker Gasim Ibrahim.
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