Amendment on combining main two elections accepted

4 days ago

Parliament, on Monday, has accepted the constitutional amendment seeking to combine the two main elections in the Maldives, the presidential and the parliamentary elections. The government-backed amendment was submitted by ruling PNC’s Parliamentary Group Leader, Inguraidhoo MP Ibrahim Falah. Falah, in his bill, proposed to combine the presidential and parliamentary elections, and for this purpose, change the inauguration of the new parliamentary assembly